Dangerous Friends: At Large With Huston and Hemingway in the Fifties By Peter Viertel. Doubleday. $24.50.

Screenwriter Viertel had a flirtation with Ava Gardner-Sinatra’s second wife.

The Murder of Marilyn Monroe By Leonore Canevari, Jeanette van Wyhe, Christian Dimas and Rachel Dimas Carroll & Graf $8.95.

Four psychics claim MM was murdered, based on “interviews” with her ghost and other phantoms.

Marilyn’s Men: The Private Life of Marilyn Monroe By Jane Ellen Wayne. St. Martin’s Press. $18.95.

Speculation about almost every man MM ever married, worked with or met.

Why Norma Jean killed Marilyn Monroe By Lucy Freeman and Eddie Jaffe. Global Rights Ltd. of Chicago, Ill. $17.95.

Ghoulish probing of MM’s childhood that led to what the authors call her “suicide on the installment plan.”

You See, I Haven’t Forgotten By Yves Montand. Knopf. $25.

During the filming of “Let’s Make Love,” Yves and MM did.

Noel Coward By Clive Fisher. St. Martin’s Press. $24.95.

Playwright, lyricist, actor-and no slouch as a celebrity hound. He made it his business to know everyone.

Blue Angel: The Life of Marlene Dietrich By Donald Spoto. Doubleday. $24.

Spoto says she had an affair with Sinatra. Which may explain why she played Vegas. But why did her pal Coward?

Marilyn: The Last Take By Peter Harry Brown and Patte R Barham. Dutton. $23.

Was Marilyn murdered? After looking into the traumas of her final weeks, these authors seem to think so.

Monroe: Her Life in Pictures By James Spada with George Zeno. Doubleday. $22.50.

Oh, to be young, gifted and zaftig! Will this be reissued every decade? We hope so-it’s full of great pix.

Sean Connery: From 007 to Hollywood Icon By Andrew Yule. Donald Fine. $22.50.

He shares Dino’s passion for golf and, says the author, never wears undershorts unless movie scenes call for them.

Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams By Nick Tosches. Doubleday. $24.

An acquaintance said Dean Martin “was a good sex man, but he liked golf better.” More than you ever wanted to know about the man who sang “That’s Amore.”

Down Thunder Road: The Making of Bruce Springsteen By Marc Eliot. Simon & Schuster. $23.

An eerie coincidence: Bruce’s first manager, Mike Appel, once worked for Wes Farrell, ex-husband of Tina Sinatra.

Love, Groucho: Letters From Groucho Marx to His Daughter Miriam Edited by Miriam Marx Allen. Faber & Faber. $21.95.

Groucho writes: Frank is “an exceptionally nice chap to work with. Laughs easily and is surprisingly smart.”

The Great One: The Life and Legend of Jackie Gleason By William A. Henry III. Doubleday. $22.50.

The comic’s life degenerates into a totally unmanageable mess. And that’s just the prologue.

Hollywood Mother of the Year: Sheila MacRae’s Own Story With H. Paul Jeffers. Birch Lane/Carol $19.95.

She felt close to Sammy Davis Jr.-“we were both impressionists.” So was Renoir, but he’s not mentioned.

Among the Porcupines By Carol Matthau. Turtle Bay Books. $23.

Bitchiest anecdote: Barbara Sinatra and the case of the purloined cigarette lighter.

This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward By Susan Braudy. Knopf. $25.

Socialite marries show-girl. Years later, she kills him. An accident, she says-but was it?