Not all weapons of mass destruction are in your face – instead, they're right under your nose. The author of A Civil Action focuses on the horror of asbestos in the story of Gayla Vatland, whose legal battles with the W.R. Grace Corporation in Libby, Montana, resemble Erin Brockovich's struggles. Asbestos, Bowker says, rivals tobacco in its profitability and corruption. "Chilling reminder of corporate greed and disinterest."—Kliatt