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Heat up the summer
with these sensational books and movies.

CARLA JEAN SCHWARTZ

Section Editor

BOOKS

Damascus Gate by Robert Stone
(Houghton Mifflin, $26): This liter-
ary thriller set in Jerusalem corn-
bines political intrigue and religious
fanaticism. The plot is inspired by
real events.

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Dead Even by Brad Meltzer (William
Morrow/Rob Weisbach, $24):
Husband and wife lawyers must
answer the question: How far_would
you go to save your loved one? This
University of Michigan graduate with
a law degree from Columbia wrote
last summer's best seller Tenth Justice.

The Eleventh Commandment by
Jeffrey Archer
(HarperCollins, $25):
Best-selling novelist
Jeffrey Archer writes a
new thriller revolving
around international
politics.

I'll Be Watching You
by Victoria Gotti
(Crown, $24): The
author of the Senator's
Daughter writes a fast-
paced psychological
thriller a la Mary
Higgins Clark.

The Long Falling by

Keith Ridgway (Houghton Mifflin,
$22): A powerful story about a
woman who murders her brutal hus-
band and longs to find her estranged
son.

I Love Gootie by Max Apple
(Warner, $24): The author of
Roommates reminisces about his
maternal grandmother Gootie
Goodstein. The Lithuanian-born
woman settles in Grand Rapids and
offers a unique Jewish immigrant
experience.

The Most Wanted by Jacquelyn
Mitchard (Viking, $24.95): A young
wife fears for her life when her hus-
band escapes from prison.

The Passion by Donna Boyd (Avon,
$15.95): An erotic and intense saga
of betrayal starring werewolves.

Pulse by Edna Buchanan (Avon,
$23): A Miami businessman wakes
up from a heart transplant operation
and is compelled to the find the
donor's family.

Rainbow Six by Tom Clancy
(Putnam, $27.95): Would summer
be the same without a thriller from
Tom Clancy? True to form Clancy
delivers international intrigue while
unveiling terrorists' plots.

The Road to Exile by Didier Nebot

BLOCKBUSTERS

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