European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Books Page 8after Ross bombing authors Madonna Tome materializing by Milton Kent the Baltimore evening Sun a i a watch out Madonna. J. Randy Taraborrelli a coming. If Taraborrelli s planned and certainly a a unauthorized biography of the material girl uncovers As much dirt As his Best Selling tomes on Diana Ross and Michael Jackson then mud will certainly be Flung. A my biggest fear is that contrary to the image that we be seen of her and All the antics Shell be Boring a Taraborrelli said during a recent swing through Baltimore to push the paperback release of Cal her miss Ross Ballantine 566-Page biography of Ross on order at stars and stripes bookstores for $5.95. Indeed in both the Ross Book and the subsequent 625-Page Michaei Jackson the magic and the madness Birch Lane pres Taraborrelli turns up no shortage of peculiarities from two of popular music a giants. Among his More prominent discoveries Ross had affairs with motown founder Berry Gordy and longtime Label Star Smokey Robinson and her first child Rhonda heretofore believed to be the daughter of her first Hiistand Robert. Silberstein is actually Gordys child. Jackson did not Purchase a hyperbaric Cham bar nor did he offer to buy the remains of the elephant Man but floated those stories to get press attention. His numerous plastic surgeries were not to make him look like Ross As has been rumoured but rather so that he would not look like his father from whom Jackson is estranged. In addition there Are myriad accounts of hostilities and estrangement Between Ross and the supreme and Between Jackson and his Brothers. That Taraborrelli a who loved the motown sound so much that he founded a Diana Ross and the supreme fan club As a child and said he dreamed at age 12 that he would replace David Ruffin As Lead Singer of the temptations when Ruffin was fired a would slice up the two most prominent figures in the labels history in print is a delicious piece of irony that is not lost on him. A the irony is that if i Hadnot been president of her fan club and if i had never interviewed her before or never had any Contact with this woman then instead of a wow this Guy has a lot of reviews cast by Peter Benchley. Random House $15.75, on order at stars and stripes bookstores. Just when you thought it was Safe to go Back in the water Peter be Nellcy has written another thriller about a set of jaws looming up out of the deep. Astonishingly beast is most satisfying to read. It is vivid and exciting the perfect scratch for the summer Brach Reading itch. I say a a astonishingly because beast could hardly be More conventional or predictable. The plot almost exactly duplicates that of Bench Ley a earlier novel jaws. A sea monster eats people in the Waters sur v Sis Tracy Bokur Diana Ross target of hard hitting words. Background a i would be getting the criticism a what right do you have to do this Book a a Tara Borrelli said. Taraborrelli 35, from Philadelphia says All of the controversial material in his books which each made Brief appearances on the new York times Best seller lists have been double and rounding an Island Community that depends for its livelihood on tourism. Only Here the monster is a ravenous 12-ton giant squid and the Island is the vacation Paradise of Bermuda. After the children of an american business tycoon Are eaten the Story a reluctant hero is prevailed upon to Hunt the beast in his fishing boat. The beast proves More than anyone bargained for but then. Just done to forget that the ending of jaws the Book was different from that of jaws the movie. Why would you want to read the same Story All Over again because Benchley has sharpened his writing considerably since the first time around. His pacing now is irresistible. His descriptions of Complex action machinery and Marine life Are As colourful and vivid As a trop triple sourced to ensure accuracy. Still the overwhelming majority of those sources Are unidentified a fact the author says is necessary to get the stories told. A these Are people who Are still in the recording Industry who have nothing to gain financially or otherwise by telling me anything publicly a Taraborrelli said. A but their information is important and pm going to use  spokesmen for both Ross and Jackson declined to comment on the books and said their clients had not read them. Taraborrelli says he thinks that Ross career a in decline since 1981, when she left motown for Ria Only to return three years ago As a member of motown a Board of directors with working overtime an album filled with House music that flopped a could be jump started by a new album scheduled for release next month and a concert tour. A she had been watching bet Black entertainment television with Rhonda Tracee and Chudney Ross three daughters and they re saying a mom Jody Watley a doing this Janet Jackson a doing this and Whitney Houston a doing that and you need to be doing it too. And Diana a thinking a i m still  a said Taraborrelli. A barbra Streisand does no to care what Tiffany is doing. Diana Ross should not care what Jody Watley a doing. That a my opinion. She might be getting it now. She has Given a lot of control to other people and the result is Good. It could be a big  Taraborrelli who has written six books and was editor of soul Magazine says that the overwhelmingly negative tone of the Diana Ross Book has nothing to do with him souring on her either personally or professionally. A nothing happened. The Only thing that happened was that i grew up and became a writer Quot said Taraborrelli. A i want to write about people who personally fascinate me and the one person in entertainment who has personally fascinated me for three quarters of my life is Diana Ross a even after writing this Book and discovering that Ross through Jacqueline Onassis then an editor at Doubleday books had major portions of the first Book he wrote about the supreme diva edited out Taraborrelli remains a big fan. So much a fan that he managed to get a Friend at motown to sneak out a cassette copy of her soon to be released album the Force behind the Power and he has been listening to it religiously during his two month tour to promote the Book. A a in a still a fan and i think that when you read the Book you know that when it comes to her music and her artistry it was written by a fan a Taraborrelli said. A one of the criticisms i got was that the Guy can to make up his mind whether he loves her or hates her. A i think you should have a love hate relationship with All your  ical reef before pollution set in. His characters Are just Subtle enough to make it hard to predict whether they Are going to survive or not. A Christopher Lehmann Haupt the new York times , confidential by James Ellroy. Mysterious press $5.99, on order at stars and stripes bookstores this novel about los Angeles in the 1950s centers on the stories of three corrupt policemen each obsessed with a different crime. A there must be a Hundred characters a give or take some fractional body parts a embroiled in All the interlocking plots and subplots about the astounding audacious perversion of the period a Marilyn Stasio wrote last year. George Johnson the new York times sunday August 18, 1991