BLINDSIDED

Blindsided ($24.00; Mar.; 320 pp.; 0-688-17154-0): A cop-and-wife thriller from Phillips (Fall from Grace, 1998), who

here continues the adventures of heroine Jane Candiotti and her partner—in every sense of the word—Kenny Marks. Jane and Kenny have finally moved in together, just in time to discover that a crazed ex-con is roaming San Francisco and taking down every cop he can corner—including several of their closest friends. Two heads are better than one at the worst of times, and

this certainly is one of the worst we’ve seen. But do they make a better target as well?