>THE FIRES René Steinke Already snapped up by aspiring movie producer Madonna, this debut novel generates lots of heat with its story of a woman, once disfigured in a fire, with a compulsive need to set blazes. (Morrow, $23)
BASILICA William D. Montalbano
No ordinary whodunit, this mystery—in which a former Miami homicide cop investigates a murder in the Vatican sometime in the near future—explores conscience as well as crime. (Putnam, $23.95)
I WISH I WERE THIN, I WISH I WERE FAT Michelle Joy Levine A psychotherapist explains why even the most diet-aware women can be subconsciously compelled to remain fat. (Fireside, $12)
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