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Sunday: 11 am - 4 pm

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Browse Books: Young Adult Fiction / Royalty

These Infinite Threads (This Woven Kingdom #2) By Tahereh Mafi Cover Image
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By Tahereh Mafi
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A Magic Steeped in Poison (The Book of Tea #1) By Judy I. Lin Cover Image
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Eragon: Book I (The Inheritance Cycle) By Christopher Paolini Cover Image
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By Christopher Paolini
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Graceling (Graceling Realm #1) By Kristin Cashore Cover Image
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This Woven Kingdom By Tahereh Mafi Cover Image
This Woven Kingdom (Paperback)
By Tahereh Mafi
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Tokyo Ever After: A Novel By Emiko Jean Cover Image
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Inheritance: Book IV (The Inheritance Cycle #4) By Christopher Paolini Cover Image
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Eldest: Book II (The Inheritance Cycle) By Christopher Paolini Cover Image
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Tokyo Dreaming: A Novel (Tokyo Ever After #2) By Emiko Jean Cover Image
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The Cruel Prince (The Folk of the Air #1) By Holly Black Cover Image
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    The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse By Charlie Mackesy Cover Image
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    Drawn Together By Minh Lê, Dan Santat (Illustrator), Dan Santat (Cover design or artwork by) Cover Image
  • The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder By David Grann Cover Image
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go! (Classic Seuss) By Dr. Seuss Cover Image
  • Because I'm Your Dad By Ahmet Zappa, Dan Santat (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • What My Daddy Loves By Raissa Figueroa, Raissa Figueroa (Illustrator) Cover Image
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    The Force: A Novel By Don Winslow Cover Image
  • Whoops . . . I'm Awesome: A Workbook with Activities, Art, and Stories for Embracing Your Wonderfully Awesome Self By Melissa Villaseñor Cover Image
  • A First Time for Everything By Dan Santat Cover Image
  • Grandpa Loves Me! (Marianne Richmond) By Marianne Richmond Cover Image
  • How to Be a Person: 65 Hugely Useful, Super-Important Skills to Learn before You're Grown Up By Catherine Newman Cover Image
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    For Every One By Jason Reynolds Cover Image
  • Get a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties By Beth Kobliner Cover Image
  • Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You By Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jonny Sun (Illustrator) Cover Image
  • Weird Crescenta Valley: Historical and Natural Oddities By Mike Lawler Cover Image
  • My Dad Is a Tree By Jon Agee Cover Image
  • What Can I Say?: A Kid's Guide to Super-Useful Social Skills to Help You Get Along and Express Yourself; Speak Up, Speak Out, Talk about Hard Things, and Be a Good Friend By Catherine Newman Cover Image
  • Franklin Smoke: Wood. Fire. Food. [A Cookbook] By Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay Cover Image
  • Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike By Phil Knight Cover Image
  • Dad Bakes By Katie Yamasaki Cover Image
  • Daditude: The Joys & Absurdities of Modern Fatherhood By Chris Erskine Cover Image

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Murder Book: A Novel By Thomas Perry Cover Image

Murder Book: A Novel (Hardcover)

By Thomas Perry
$27.95

One of the perks of being a bookseller is that we receive Advanced Readers' Copies of books months before publication date.  I have LOVED Thomas Perry's Old Man mystery for quite awhile and now that the book has been made into a dynamite series starring Jeff Bridges, Perry's books are hot commodities.  So, I was delighted to read an early copy of The Murder Book, and can tell you it is the most "observed" book I've every read.  Detail after detail Perry describes his protaganist, former cop-turned PI Harry Duncan's thought process in trying to track down a nascent crime syndicate in the Midwest.   I felt like a piece of lint stuck in Duncan's clothes as he analyzes, adjusts plans, prepares and executes so many intricate crime solving techniques, it was mind-blowing!  Perry is a master storyteller who keeps the tension high, the characters believable and the action non-stop. 

(Adult Mystery) - Reviewed by Maureen


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