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watching her until it’s too late.Mind Over Murder by AllisonKingsley ($7.99) begins when ClaraQuinn returns home after several yearsand begins to work in her cousin’sbookstore while she looks for anotherjob. When Ana Jordan is foundmurdered in the store, one of the store’semployees, Molly, is the prime suspectbecause she made no secret of dislikingthe victim. Clara’s cousin begs her tofind out the truth because Clara hassomething called the Quinn Sense, avoice that tells her things. But Clarawants nothing to do with the QuinnSense. When the whole town believesMolly is guilty, Clara tries to find out thetruth without using the Quinn Sense.Even without knowing about Clara’stalent, the killer is afraid of what Claramight find out.Fruit of All Evil by PaigeShelton ($7.99) begins with BeccaRobins, who sells her farm-made jamsand preserves at the local farmers’market, helping with her best friendLinda’s wedding. She’s had plenty ofexperience, having been married twice.Several others who work at the farmers’market are happy to help. What couldgo wrong? Let’s start with the murder ofLinda’s future mother-in-law. Thewedding will have to be postponed,which is bad because the groom has toleave soon for a top-secret militarymission. The only way they'll be able tomarry before he leaves is for Becca tofind the killer, before the killer finds her.Do you like éclairs? I do. Howcould they be evil, I wondered, when Isaw Evil Eclairs by Jessica Beck($7.99). Suzanne Hart is furious when alocal radio personality says she is a killerfor selling donuts. After she goes downto the radio station and yells at him, he isstrangled and one of her éclairs isshoved down his throat. Suzanne'sbusiness is hurt by the murder, so shefeels she has to find the real killer beforeshe goes bankrupt. She finds out thatshe wasn’t the only one who wasattacked on the air. He also embezzledmoney in his previous job. Then there’shis wife, who doesn’t live with him andthat few people knew existed. When oneof her friends is harmed, Suzanne has todecide whether it’s worth going after thekiller. Unfortunately, the killer hasalready decided to go after her.become the world's dominant technological and economic power. Crime, war, disease, andpoverty have been eliminated. The Moon and Mars are settled, and colonies stretch all theway out to the edge of the solar system. And the largest scientific instrument in history isabout to make a discovery. Geoffrey Akinya's family controls a vast business empire. Afterthe death of his grandmother Eunice - erstwhile space explorer and entrepreneur -something awkward has come to light on the Moon. Geoffrey is dispatched there to ensurethe family name remains untarnished. But the secrets Eunice died with are about to berevealed - secrets that could change everything, or tear this near-utopia apart). . . $8.99Riggs, Ransom Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (YA; Crawford Award shortlist.Tragedy sends 16-year-old Jacob to an island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers theruins of Miss Peregrine's Home. As he explores the ruins, it becomes clear that the childrenmay have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined for good reason. And,impossible though it seems, they may still be alive).. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $10.99Rivers, Phoebe Kindred Spirits (Saranormal #8: Kids; Mason isn't very friendly, but Sara feels drawnto him. And the strangest things seem to happen whenever the two are together.. . $5.99Ross, Deborah J. The Seven-Petaled Shield (PBO; When an emperor conquers the city thatsafeguards the magical Seven-Petaled Shield, used eons ago to defeat the forces of primalchaos, the young queen and her adolescent son flee for their lives. When they are separated,fearing his mother is dead, the son transforms into the agent of chaos, a destroyer whothreatens all the living world. The only ones standing in the way of annihilation are themother he thinks is dead, a dispossessed enemy prince, a demented prophet, and thenomadic horsewoman whose love alone can heal the heart of the heir to the Shield).$7.99Schwarz, Viviane The Sleepwalkers (Kids; Graphic novel; three trainee Sleepwalkers must tackle aseries of cliff-hanging dream predicaments as they prepare to help children trapped innightmares). ...................................................... $9.99Shepherd, M (Moscoe, M) The Price of Peace (Jump Universe #2: Reissue; On the scattering of planets alongthe Rim, remnant thugs of the Unity Party still hold power. In the shipping lanes, piratesroam freely. Cmdr. Izzy Umboto and Lt. Terrence Tordon will soon learn that enforcing thepeace can be just as expensive as fighting the war - and the cost will be counted in humanlives)............................................................. $7.99Shevdon, Mike The Eighth Court (Courts of the Feyre #4: The Eighth Court has been established, butpetty rivalries and old disputes threaten its stability. The mongrels that make up the courtare not helping, and Blackbird enlists the help of the warders to keep the peace. HasBlackbird bitten off more than she can chew? And can the uneasy peace between the courtscontinue under such tension and rivalry?). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $7.99Skillingstead, Jack Life on the Preservation (PBO; Inside the Seattle Preservation Dome it's always theFifth of October, the city caught in an endless time loop. Graffiti artist Ian Palmer is theonly one who knows the truth, and he is desperate to wake up the rest of the city - beforethe alien Curator of this human museum erases Ian's identity forever). . . . . . . . . . $7.99Spencer, Wen Eight Million Gods (Nikki Delany #1: An American living in Japan, horror writerNikki Delany becomes a suspect when a man is murdered with a blender, just as shedescribed in her latest story. Then she's attacked by a raccoon in a business suit. After aseries of blackouts, she finds she has a new companion, a boy that no one else can see whoclaims to be a god. Is she really being pursued by Japanese myths, or is she going insane?)................................................................ $25.00Spencer, Wen Elfhome (Tinker #3: Winter is coming, supplies are running low, and political ties arefraying. Hidden somewhere in Pittsburgh's crumbling neighborhoods, the oni are growingin number and attacking from the shadows. Tinker is determined to make her city a placeof freedom. But seven elf children are already missing - and the oni eat their prisoners whenthey're no longer useful).............................................. $7.99Starr, Jason The Craving (Pack #2: There are nights Simon can't remember. Now one of thoseblackouts is coming back to haunt him - for Simon isn't the man he once was. He's amember of the Pack. And once you're in, it's impossible to get out). . . . . . . . . . . . . $9.99Strahan, Jonathan (ed) Fearsome Journeys: The New Solaris Book of Fantasy (PBO; Anthology;original stories). ................................................... $7.99Taylor, Thomas Haunters (Kids; Three boys, three generations, one gift: the ability to travel through timethrough a portal of dreams, appearing as ghosts wherever and whenever they want. Eddieis a genius who has sworn to protect the past. Adam is a dream-terrorist set on changinghistory for his own ends. David is a neophyte who must fight for the future by keeping theother two apart)................................................... $17.99