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SILENT PARTNER by Jonathan Kellerman (Bantam: $5.95). Los Angeles psychologist Alex Delaware’s profession steers him toward murder and mystery involving an ex-girlfriend.

SNOW FALCON by Craig Thomas (Harper: $4.95). The international community unites against the machinations of an unknown conspirator.

PORTAL OF THE WIND by Shizuko Natsuki (Ballantine: $3.95). A Japanese mystery by one of the country’s best-selling authors.

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MONKEY BAY by Elaine Ford (Penguin: $7.95). Hannah’s abandonment by her mother causes her to exact a strange sort of revenge.

THE ENDEARMENT by LaVyrle Spencer (Jove: $4.95). Mail-order bride Anna Reardon’s past suddenly becomes COD.

NONFICTION

MARLENE by Marlene Dietrich (Avon: $4.95). A film icon of early 20th Century, this Berlin beauty purports to tell the truth and nothing but the truth.

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LAST RAMPAGE: The Shocking, True Story of an Escaped Convict’s Killing Spree by James W. Clarke (Berkley: $4.95). Psychological reconstruction of violent sociopath who mesmerized his family into taking part in his crimes.

MARKET WIZARDS: Interviews With Top Traders by Jack D. Schwager (Perennial: $10.95). In a question-and-answer format, 16 financially successful traders share their personal and professional convictions.

1929: The Year of the Great Crash by William K. Klingaman (Perennial: $11.95). Historian studies combustible dynamics among the primary movers and shakers of the period, which eventually erupted and spilled over into a man-made disaster.

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AMONG SCHOOLCHILDREN by Tracy Kidder (Avon: $9.95). Pulitzer Prize-winning author reports on the nine months he spent in a fifth-grade classroom in Holyoke, Mass.

SELF-HELP / REFERENCE

THE HARPER DICTIONARY OF FOREIGN TERMS: Third Edition, edited by Eugene Ehrlich (Perennial: $10.95). Alphabetically indexed, familiar and less familiar phrases that have assimilated into the English language are defined. Magnum bonum.

GRAND ALLUSIONS by Elizabeth Webber and Mike Feinsilber (Farragut: $12.95). Popular phrases are explained, e.g., caveat emptor, beyond the pale, pyrrhic victory, quantum leap.

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