New releases -- Sex, drugs and rock & roll
Or at least sex and drugs, according to previews. We'll hear from half of rappers Salt-N-Pepa (perfect for this week's food theme) and from Steven Tyler's daughter, Mia. We also get the latest from Kathy Reichs and Dick Francis. Coming Tuesday:
Creating Myself: A Memoir by Mia Tyler (Atria, $25) The world-renowned plus-size model and daughter of Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler tells the story of growing up in a poverty-stricken childhood in New Hampshire and running with troubled rich kids on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. She shares scintillating details about her rock-’n’-roll family, as well as battling her own personal demons.
Let’s Talk About Pep by Sandy "Pepa" Denton (MTV/VH-1, $23.95) The spiciest ingredient in the legendary rap group Salt-N-Pepa and the outspoken star of VH1’s smash-hit reality show, Sandy "Pepa" Denton talks about sex, music, life, love, fame and so much more.
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs (Scribner, $25.95) Dr. Temperance Brennan’s quest to identify two corpses pits her against citizen vigilantes intent on a witch-hunt in best-selling author Kathy Reichs’ 11th thriller featuring the forensic anthropologist.
Silks by Dick and Felix Francis (Putnam, $25.95) After receiving threatening messages from a former client, London barrister Geoffrey Mason, a jockey by avocation, reluctantly accepts the defense of a jockey accused in the pitchfork murder of a fellow rider at a steeplechase event.
The One Hundred by Nina Garcia (Collins, $19.95) Fashion authority Nina Garcia highlights fashion essentials for every woman, and provides a tangible style map to follow when planning a shopping trip and stocking one’s closet.
Just Breathe by Susan Wiggs (Mira, $24.95) Comic strip writer Sarah Moon is happily married to Jack Daly — until she comes home to find him entwined and naked with a business associate. After five years of marriage, including months of infertility treatments because of Jack’s cancer, infidelity is the last straw, and Sarah leaves Chicago for her hometown of Glenmuir, Cal.
The Gypsy Morph by Terry Brooks (Del Rey, $27) Eighty years into the future, the United States is a no-man’s-land: its landscape blighted by chemical warfare, pollution and plague; its government collapsed; its citizens adrift, desperate, fighting to stay alive. But allies of good unite to challenge the rampaging evil. Logan Tom, wielding the magic staff of a Knight of the Word, has a promise to keep protecting the world’s only hope of salvation — and a score to settle with the demon that massacred his family.
Publishers Weekly and amazon.com
