>BEFORE I SAY GOODBYE Ruth Picardie The author was 32, a journalist juggling a career and raising twin toddlers. Then came a breast cancer diagnosis. This is a poignant first-person account of her last year. (Holt, $13)
THE LETTER OF THE LAW Tim Green Green, an attorney and ex-NFL football player, serves up his sixth thriller, this one about the murder of a fetching law student. Her professor is Suspect No. 1. (Warner, $24.95)
THE FIRST TIME Joy Fielding
When a calamity hits Mattie Hart, this novel's long-suffering wife, her philandering husband returns to nurse her back to health—and suddenly a long-lost love is rekindled. (Pocket, $24.95)
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