New releases: missing skiers and hookers
This week's releases include thrillers for kids and adults. You'll find yourself looking for lemurs, skiers and prostitutes. All are due out Tuesday.
Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox, by Eoin Colfer (Disney-Hyperion, $17.99). Ages 9-12. In the sixth book of the series, Artemis' mother has contracted a deadly disease -- and the only cure lies in the brain fluid of African lemurs.
Say Goodbye, by Lisa Gardner (Bantam, $25). Prostitutes are disappearing, one by one, with no explanation, and no one but FBI agent Kimberly Quincy seems to care.
Just Too Good to Be True, by E. Lynn Harris (Doubleday, $23.95) This is a sweeping novel about mothers and sons, football and beauty shops, secrets and lies.
Killer View, by Ridley Pearson (Putnam, $24.95). When a skier goes missing at Sun Valley's Galena Summit, Sheriff Walt Fleming quickly assembles his crack search-and-rescue team and heads out into the snowy night. Within minutes, a shot rings out, and one of their team is dead.
Rules of Deception, by Christopher Reich (Doubleday, $24.95). The twisting story line revolves around Jonathan Ransom, a 37-year-old surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, whose wife is killed while mountain climbing in the Swiss Alps. As Ransom struggles to come to grips with this tragedy, he receives two mysterious baggage claim tickets addressed in her name.
From Publishers Weekly and amazon.com
