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Top Left: Sandra Bullock and Jason Patric brave dangerous waters in Speed
2: Cruise Control.

Brad Meltzer, Anne Siddons and Maria. Sullivan are just a few of the
authors sure to heat up the summer with their new books.

ers-in-law who are
dance hosts on a
cruise ship. Of course,
they meet single, wealthy women
(Dyan Cannon and Gloria De-
Haven).
Speed 2: Cruise Control:
Sandra Bullock returns in this
sequel with Jason Patric as her
beau. This time they're on a
cruise ship out of control.
Star Maps: A young man
risks all to become a Hollywood
star. This received rave reviews
at the Sundance Film Festival.
Titanic: This epic romance
takes place during the Titanic
disaster. According to Entertain-
ment Weekly the movie cost $180
million to produce.
This World, Then The Fire-
works: A dark movie based on

the writings of Jim Thompson,
about greed and lust in a dys-
functional family.

Books

Affair by Amanda Quick
(Bantam, $23.95): Passion lurks
in Regency England.
The Dinosaur Club by
William Heffernan (Morrow, $23):
A club of male executives com-
miserate about corporate greed.
Fat Tuesday by Sandra
Brown (Warner, $24): New Or-
leans is the scene for passion and
corruption.
The First Stone by John Bri-
ley (Morrow, $24): An American

woman recruited by the Mossad
marries a Saudi and becomes a
spy.
An Independent Woman by
Howard Fast (Harcourt Brace, $
24): This novel is the last of Fast's
immigrant series.
Missing Pieces by Joy Field-
ing (Doubleday, $23.95): A fami-
ly therapist's sister marries a
convicted killer.
Praise Jerusalem by Au-
gusta Trobaugh (Baker, $19.99):

This novel chronicles the
journey of three women to
Jerusalem, Georgia. Along
the way, they face social,
economic, and racial issues.
Pretend You Don't
See Her by Mary Higgins
Clark (Simon & Schuster):
This novel revolves around
a person in a witness protection
program who views a murder.
Public Secrets by Nora
Roberts (Bantam, 16.95): An at-
tempted kidnapping haunts a
rock star for her entire life.
The Purification Ceremo-
ny by Mark Sullivan (Avon, $24):
A novel of suspense where deer
hunters find out they are the
prey.
The Tenth Justice by Brad
Meltzer (Morrow, $23) concerns

a Supreme Court clerk with
blackmail threats. The author
wrote this legal thriller while at-
tending Columbia Law School.
Fox has already bought the
movie rights.
Up Island by Anne River Sid-
dons (HarperCollins, $24): Sid-
dons twelfth novel is about a
woman abandoned by her hus-
band who finds meaning in life
when she moves to Martha's
Vineyard.
Wrong Kind of Money by
Stephen Birmingham (Dutton,
$23.95): Stephen Birmingham
writes about the world of wealthy
New York Jews. E

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