Coming in May 1999...

ANDERSON, Kurt.
Turn of the Century.
Random. May 1999. 368p. ISBN 0-375-50008-1. $22.95.
A New Yorker writer debuts with a comedy of manners, set in the year 2000.

BARNES, Julian.
England, England.
Knopf. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-375-40582-8. $23.
All England's tourist attractions, e.g., Big Ben, are relocated to the Isle of Wight. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize.

BELFER, Lauren.
City of Light.
Dial: Doubleday. May 1999. 480p. ISBN 0-385-33401-X. $24.95.
A big, splashy debut: as Buffalo, NY, gears up for the 20th century, a progressive headmistress hides a dangerous secret.

BUSCH, Frederick.
The Night Inspector.
Harmony, dist. by Crown. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-609-60235-7. $23.
A crippled veteran and a reporter join with Herman Melville, deputy director of customs, to squash the sale of blacks in post-Civil War New York.

BYATT, A.S.
Elements: Stories of Fire and Ice.
Random. May 1999. 240p. ISBN 0-375-50250-5. $21.95.
More stories from the master writer.

CLARK, Carol Higgins.
Fleeced.
Warner. May 1999. 272p. ISBN 0-446-52292-9. $22.
Regan Reilly probes an unsolved murder in an apartment where she is staying.

CONNOLLY, John.
Every Dead Thing.
S. & S. May 1999. 400p. ISBN 0-684-85714-6. $25.
abridged. S. & S. Audio. ISBN NA. $NA.
In this debut by a young Irishman, a New York City detective finally encounters the man who killed his wife and daughter. An in-house favorite.

COSSÉ, Laurence.
A Corner of the Veil.
Scribner. May 1999. 272p. ISBN 0-684-84667-5. $23.
A best-selling theological thriller from France: God's existence has been proved, and the Church panics. Who needs priests now?

CROMBIE, Deborah.
Kissed a Sad Goodbye.
Bantam. May 1999. 384p. ISBN 0-553-10943-X. $23.95.
For popular series PIs Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James: a murder rooted in the Nazi bombing of Britain.

D'AMATO, Barbara.
Hard Evidence.
Scribner. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-684-83354-9. $22.
A human leg bone found among scraps for a dog launches Chicago journalist/caterer Cat Marsala's new case.

DRAPER, Robert.
Hadrian's Walls.
Knopf. May 1999. 336p. ISBN 0-375-40369-8. $23.
When the warden inexplicably wins him a pardon, convicted felon Hadrian wonders just what he's going to owe. A GQ staffer gets launched with a 60,000-copy first printing.

FERRIGNO, Robert.
Heartbreaker.
Pantheon. May 1999. 320p. ISBN 0-375-40124-5. $24.
abridged. Random Audio. ISBN 0-375-405713-8. $24.
A former undercover cop at war with a drug lord finds that the new love of his life is in danger.

FREDRICKSON, Michael.
A Cinderella Affidavit.
Forge: Tor. May 1999. 384p. ISBN 0-312-86723-9. $25.95.
Who's to blame when a drug bust goes bust, leaving a policeman dead? First timer Fredrickson is a lawyer who prosecutes other lawyers.

GIRARDI, Robert.
A Vaudeville of Devils: 7 Moral Tales.
Delacorte. May 1999. 400p. ISBN 0-385-33397-8. $24.95. pap. ISBN 0-385-33398-6. $12.95.
After Vaporetto 13: morality tales.

GOWDY, Barbara.
The White Bone.
Holt. May 1999. 352p. ISBN 0-8050-6036-7. $25.
Much praised for Mr. Sandman, Gowdy returns with a story narrated by African elephants in peril.

HIGGINS, Jack.
The White House Connection.
Putnam. May 1999. 336p. ISBN 0-399-14489-7. $25.95.
The team that appeared in The President's Daughter tracks an assassin intent on undermining the Irish peace process. A BOMC main selection.

JUST, Ward.
A Dangerous Friend.
Houghton. May 1999. 256p. ISBN 0-395-85698-1. $23.
An idealistic young political scientist comes to terms with 1965 Saigon: a Vietnam War novel without the war.

KARAIM, Reed.
If Men Were Angels.
Norton. May 1999. 320p. ISBN 0-393-04780-6. $24.95.
A campaign worker finds a disquieting secret about charismatic Senator Thomas Crane. "More like Presumed Innocent than Primary Colors," observes the publicist.

LINDSEY, Johanna.
Joining.
Avon. May 1999. 384p. ISBN 0-380-97535-1. $24.
An arranged marriage in medieval England eventually leads to love.

McCAFFREY, Anne.
The Tower and the Hive.
Putnam. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-399-14501-X. $23.95.
Last in the best-selling Rowan saga.

MARTEL, John.
The Alternate.
Dutton. May 1999. 480p. ISBN 0-525-94487-7. $24.95.
From top trial lawyer Martel: has a former congressman killed his wife?

MASON, Richard.
The Drowning People.
Warner. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-446-52524-3. $24.
abridged. Time Warner Audio. ISBN 1-57042-691-0. $24.95.
Love between a musician and a beautiful aristocrat leads to murder. A hot debut from a 20-year-old student at Oxford.

MEADE, Glenn.
The Sands of Sakkara.
Thomas Dunne Bk: St. Martin's. May 1999. 400p.ISBN 0-312-20201-6. $25.95.Two friends are forced to join a plot to assassinate Roosevelt and Churchill, which a third friend tries to foil.

MICHAEL, Judith.
A Certain Smile.
Crown. May 1999. 352p. ISBN 0-517-70325-4. $24.95.
large print. Random. ISBN 0-375-70678-X. $24.95.
A widow finds love in, of all places, China.

PLAIN, Belva.
Fortune.
Delacorte. May 1999. 368p. ISBN 0-385-31692-5. $25.95.
abridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-52605-7. $25.
unabridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-45652-0. $29.95.
A schoolteacher corrupted by a little money.

PROULX, E. Annie.
Close Range: Wyoming Stories.
Scribner. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-684-85221-7. $25.
abridged. S. & S. Audio. ISBN NA. $NA.
This new collection from the talented Proulx includes "The Half-Skinned Steer," chosen by John Updike for The Best American Short Stories of the Century (see Prepub Alert, LJ 12/98).

QUICK, Amanda.
I Thee Wed.
Bantam. May 1999. 416p. ISBN 0-553-10084-X. $23.95.
abridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-52582-4. $16.99.
A paid woman's companion teams with the formidable Edison Stokes to recover a sacred book that's been stolen.

ROBINSON, Peter.
In a Dry Season.
Avon. May 1999. 432p. ISBN 0-380-97581-5. $24.
Inspector Banks looks into a decades-old murder uncovered when drought drains lush Yorkshire's reservoir.

RUSHDIE, Salman.
The Ground Beneath Her Feet.
Holt. May 1999. 592p. ISBN 0-8050-5308-5. $26.
Memories of a celebrated singer lost during an earthquake.

SANFORD, John.
Certain Prey.
Putnam. May 1999. 384p. ISBN 0-399-14496-X. $24.95.
abridged. Putnam Berkley Audio. ISBN 0-399-14520-6. $24.95.
This time, Lucas Davenport's formidable opponent is a hitwoman. A BOMC main selection.

SETH, Vikram.
An Equal Music.
Broadway: Bantam. May 1999. 336p. ISBN 0-7679-0291-2. $25.
abridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-52636-7. $25.
After the best-selling A Suitable Boy: violinist Michael Holme loves a pianist who is going deaf.

STEPHENSON, Neal.
Cryptonomicon.
Avon. May 1999. 928p. ISBN 0-380-97346-4. $29.50.
A contemporary conspiracy is rooted in the Allied effort to crack the Nazis' Enigma code.

ACKERMAN, Diane.
Deep Play.
Random. May 1999. 240p. ISBN 0-679-44879-9. $23.95.
The noted poet/naturalist on the pleasures of "deep play" -- things that absorb us so totally we forget everything else.

ALIBEK, Ken with Stephen Handelman.
Biohazard: The Chilling True Story of the Largest Covert Biological Weapons Program in the World -- Told from Inside by the Man Who Ran It.
Random. May 1999. 336p. ISBN 0-375-50231-9. $24.95.
Biological weapons in the former Soviet Union; where are they now?

BAXTER, Freddie Mae.
The Seventh Child: A Lucky Life.
Knopf. May 1999. 240p. ISBN 0-375-40620-4. $21.
A 75-year-old relives her life from the rural South to Harlem; with a 125,000-copy first printing.

BONANNO, Bill.
Bound by Honor: My Life in the Mafia.
St. Martin's. May 1999. 304p. ISBN 0-312-20388-8. $24.95.
Inside the Mafia with the son of legendary mafioso Joe Bonanno.

BRADY, Lois Smith.
Love Lessons: Twelve Real-Life Love Stories.
S. & S. May 1999. 224p. ISBN 0-684-85234-9. $20.
From the author of the New York Times's popular "Vows" column.

BREASHEARS, David F.
High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places.
S. & S. May 1999. 304p. ISBN 0-684-85361-2. $26.
In 1996, Breashears ascended Mt. Everest to make an IMAX film and was caught in the notorious blizzard that took nine lives. His memoir takes that event as the key to his life.

BRYSON, Bill.
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After Twenty Years Away.
Broadway: Bantam. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-7679-0381-1. $25.
abridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-52626-X. $25.
unabridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-45650-4. $29.95.
Getting reacquainted with America.

CLANCY, Tom with General Chuck Horner (Ret.).
Every Man a Tiger.
Putnam. May 1999. 576p. ISBN 0-399-14493-5. $27.95.
Clancy takes a look at war with the commander of U.S. allied air assets during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

DAS, Lama Surya.
Awakening to the Sacred: Creating a Daily Spiritual Life from Scratch.
Broadway: Bantam. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-7679-0274-2. $25.
Broad-based spirituality following Das's best-selling Awakening the Buddha Within.

DE BECKER, Gavin.
Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane).
Dial: Doubleday. May 1999. 256p. ISBN 0-385-33309-9. $22.95.
abridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-52561-1. $25.
unabridged. BDD Audio. ISBN 0-553-45814-8. $29.95.
From the man who gave us The Gift of Fear: protecting your children.

FISHER, Helen.
The First Sex: The Natural Talents of Women and How They Will Change the World.
Random. May 1999. 320p.ISBN 0-679-44909-4. $24.95.A groundbreaking treatise from an anthropologist.

FRIEDMAN, Lawrence J.
Identity's Architect: A Biography of Erik Erikson.
Scribner. May 1999. 592p. ISBN 0-684-19525-9. $35.
The first authorized biography; by the author of Menninger.

GARDNER, Howard.
The Disciplined Mind: What All Students Should Understand.
S. & S. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-684-84324-2. $24.
The Harvard educator who gave us the concept of multiple intelligence discusses the goals of education.

KEEGAN, John.
The First World War.
Knopf. May 1999. 512p. ISBN 0-375-40052-4. $35.
lrg. prnt. ISBN 0-375-40666-2. $25.95.
abridged. Random Audio ISBN 0-375-70684-4. $35.
A noted historian's definitive account.

KEEN, Sam.
Learning To Fly.
Broadway: Bantam. May 1999. 224p. ISBN 0-7679-0176-2. $23.
On the trapeze, that is. Inspiration from someone who learned at age 61. Keen is the author of 12 books.

KIDDER, Tracy.
Home Town.
Random. May 1999. 368p. ISBN 0-679-45588-4. $25.95.
Small-town America as seen through events in Northampton, MA.

KIYOSAKI, Robert T. with Sharon L. Lechter.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not.
Doubleday. May 1999. 224p.ISBN 0-385-49639-7. $22.95.Reissuing a self-published best seller.

KORDA, Michael.
Another Life: A Memoir of Other People.
Random. May 1999. 608p. ISBN 0-679-45659-7. $26.95.
A very funny publishing memoir.

McCARVER, Tim with Danny Peary.
The Perfect Season: Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year.
Villard. May 1999. 224p. ISBN 0-375-50330-7. $19.95.
From the noted sports commentator.

McGINNISS, Joe.
The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro.
Little, Brown. May 1999. 320p. ISBN 0-316-55736-6. $25.
McGinniss on a little town in Italy that made big soccer news.

MANHEIM, Camryn.
Wake Up, I'm Fat.
Broadway: Bantam. May 1999. 256p. ISBN 0-7679-0362-5. $23.
Memoirs of a chubby but proud Emmy Award winner.

MASON, Bobbie Ann.
Clear Springs: A Memoir.
Random. May 1999. 320p. ISBN 0-679-44925-6. $25.
Why the noted author left Clear Springs, KY -- and why she returned.

MILTON, Joyce.
The First Partner -- Hillary Rodham Clinton: A Biography.
Morrow. May 1999. 448p. ISBN 0-688-15501-4. $27.
After Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin, Milton probes the First Lady.

MURRAY, Bill with George Peper.
Cinderella Story: My Life in Golf.
Doubleday. May 1999. 224p. ISBN 0-385-49571-4. $21.95.
Murray's life as seen through golf.

THE PDR^® Family Guide to Natural Medicines and Healing Therapies.
Three Rivers, dist. by Crown. May 1999. 576p. ISBN 0-609-80071-X. $23.
The experts go alternative.

RIVERS, Joan.
Don't Count the Candles, Just Keep the Fires Lit.
HarperCollins. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-06-018383-7. $25.
Her advice: stay young or die trying.

THOMAS, Helen.
Front Row at the White House: My Life and Times.
Scribner. May 1999. 288p. ISBN 0-684-84911-9. $25.
Thomas was the first woman reporter to cover the Presidency, a job she has been doing since 1961.

WAGNER, James with Patrick Picciarelli.
Jimmy the Wags: Street Stories of a Private Eye.
Morrow. May 1999. 256p. ISBN 0-688-16511-7. $24.
A former New York cop hits the street as a private eye -- and has he got stories.