FICTIONKILLING TIME IN ST. CLOUD by Judith...

FICTION

KILLING TIME IN ST. CLOUD by Judith Guest and Rebecca Hill (Dell: $4.95). Hometown boy’s return opens old wounds that culminate in the death of an ex-girlfriend, now the wife of a prominent physician.

CURSES! A Gideon Oliver Mystery by Aaron Elkins (Mysterious: $3.95). Gideon’s anthropological skills prove critical when members of an expedition disappear as they start excavation of a sacred site.

FREE FLIGHT by Douglas Terman (Bantam: $4.95). Nuclear disaster leaves an Air Force officer stranded in the Vermont woods for a year; his only hope for survival is to reach the Canadian border.

NIGHT STORM by Catherine Coulter (Avon: $4.95). Last in a trilogy that began with “Night Fire” and “Night Shadow.”

FRENCH KISS by Eric Van Lustbader (Fawcett: $5.95). A trail of opium leads an attorney to the South of France, where he attempts to find out who killed his brother, who was obsessed with a collection of Oriental artifacts.

NONFICTION

PAUL ROBESON by Martin Bauml Duberman (Ballantine: $14.95). Biography of the All-American athlete, Phi Beta Kappa scholar and lawyer, harassed by the U. S. government because of his political beliefs.

TRAITORS AND HEROES by Martin Garbus (Carroll & Graf: $10.95). Attorney has argued cases in South Africa, Chile and the Soviet Union, all focusing on when states’ rights impinge on the guarantee of individual freedom of expression.

YEN!: Japan’s New Financial Empire and Its Threat to America by Daniel Burstein (Fawcett Columbine: $9.95). Discussion of the growing impact of the Japanese as world bankers.

FIRE & FEAR: The Inside Story of Mike Tyson by Jose Torres (Popular: $4.95). A close, personal friend writes an unflattering account of the world’s heavyweight champ.

SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

HOW TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE: A Guide to Doing Good by Jeffrey Hollender (Quill: $9.95). More than 100 ways that an individual can make an immediate difference; e.g., by recycling, feeding the hungry, sheltering the homeless, etc.

LET’S CLEAN UP SMOG ALLEY by Raymond C. Buck (Valley Books, P.O. Box 8141, Hemet, CA 92343: $3.95). So small you can carry it in your glove compartment and read it between traffic signals, the book explains smog and its effects in layman’s terms, as well as how one can help to reduce it.