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"The pinball arcade is the only piece of his dad that Adam Stillwater has left. Philadelphia's newest tech mogul wants to turn it into another one of his cold, lifeless gaming cafés. Whitney Mitchell's parents split up, she lost all her friends, her boyfriend dumped her...and now she's spending her senior year running social media for her dad's chain of super successful gaming cafés. Most of the job consists of trading insults with that decrepit...
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When a high society jewel thief winds up drowned at the bottom of a pool with a tacky garden gnome tied to her ankles, Nora must swing into action to save her old flame, Flan Cooper, from a murder charge. Then, a politically ambitious millionaire tries to steer suspicion onto Nora herself. Nora must find the killer on her own -- or risk trading her grandmother's couture for an orange jumpsuit.
83) One false step
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 189
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IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 5
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Frank and Joe Hardy travel to Philadelphia with friends to see Aerocirque, an exciting new circus act performed from helicopters, and become involved investigating a series of robberies in high-rise apartments.
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True to the game volume 3
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"In this fast-paced ending to a trilogy, Gena struggles with being able to finally let go of Quadir in order to make a life for herself. But when past demons catch up with her, Gena's life is on the line, as she tries to protect the only family she has left"--Provided by the publisher.
87) Devil's corner
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When prosecutor Vicki Allegretti arrives at a rowhouse to meet a confidential informant, she finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time -- and is almost shot to death. She barely escapes with her life, but cannot save the two others gunned down before her disbelieving eyes. Stunned and heartbroken, Vicki tries to figure out how a routine meeting on a minor case became a double homicide.
88) Fire engine dead
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Nell Pratt, president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society in Philadelphia, gets involved in an explosive mystery when an arsonist sets a series of warehouse fires that results in the death of a guard--and involves the Fireman's Museum's most prized possession.
89) Alibi
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A Philadelphia drug lord's associate takes out two robbers who attempted to pilfer a stash house, then flees with the drugs himself, a situation that forces him to devise a clever alibi.
90) Moment of truth
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Attorney Jack Newlin comes home one evening to find his wife, Honor, dead on the floor of their elegant dining room. Convinced that he knows who killed her--and determined to hide the truth--Jack decides to make it look as though he did it. Staging the crime scene so that the evidence incriminates him, he then calls the police. And to hammer the final nail in his own coffin, he hires the most inexperienced lawyer he can find, a reluctant rookie by...
91) Drift
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When Philly narcotics detective Doyle Carrick receives a twenty-day suspension for unprofessional behavior, he's ordered to lay low at the unfamiliar house hes inherited in rural Pennsylvania following his parents' recent deaths. Feeling restless and out of place, Doyle is surprised to find himself falling for his new neighbor, Nola Watkins, who's under pressure to sell her organic farm to a large and mysterious development company. He's even more...
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David Anthony Durham has won the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Fiction Award and a Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award. Walk Through Darkness is the story of a fugitive slave in search of his pregnant wife, and the lethal hunter who is tracking him. As these two quests intertwine, they form a fascinating mosaic of the Civil War era.
93) The doll maker
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"Detectives Byrne and Balzano return to the streets of Philadelphia to put an end to a macabre succession of murdered children. A quiet Philadelphia suburb. A woman cycles past a train depot with her young daughter. There she finds a murdered girl posed on a newly painted bench. Beside her is a formal invitation to a tea dance in a week's time. Seven days later, two more young victims are discovered in an abandoned house, posed on painted swings....
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Awakening in the night covered in her murdered husband's blood with no knowledge of what happened, defense lawyer Andrea Wilson flees the police and turns for help to detective Mike Coletti, a man from her past who she entreats to help prove her innocence.
95) Veritas: a novel
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Victor Carl novels volume 2
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"I suppose every hundred million dollars has its own sordid story and the hundred million I am chasing is no exception..." So begins Veritas, William Lashner's riveting follow-up to his bestselling debut novel, Hostile Witness. Victor Carl -- lawyer, loser, hapless hero of Hostile Witness, and a Philadelphian way out of his element -- has come to the sweat-drenched jungles of Belize to chase his fortune. Finding it is something else entirely. Coerced...
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At The Society for the Preservation of Pennsylvania Antiques, fundraiser Eleanor "Nell" Pratt solicits donations-and sometimes solves crimes. When a collection of George Washington's letters is lost on the same day that an archivist is found dead, it seems strange that the Society president isn't pushing for an investigation. Nell goes digging herself, and soon uncovers a long, rich history of crime.
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Amanda Pepper mysteries volume 11
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When Claire Fairchild begins receiving anonymous letters suggesting she investigate the past of her soon-to-be daughter-in-law, she does a little digging of her own and uncovers some startling secrets.
98) Betrayed
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Maverick lawyer Judy Carrier takes the lead in a case that's more personal than ever. Judy has always championed the underdog, so when Iris, the housekeeper and best friend of Judy's beloved Aunt Barb, is found dead of an apparent heart attack, Judy begins to suspect foul play. The circumstances of the death leave Judy with more questions than answers, and never before has murder struck so close to home. In the meantime, Judy's own life roils with...
99) Hold still
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After years as a patrol cop, detective Jocelyn Rush is almost immune to the depravity that stalks the meaner streets of Philadelphia...almost. After saving her three-year-old daughter from a carjacking, she ends up in the emergency room—and discovers that Anita, a former prostitute and acquaintance from her old days on the beat, has been hideously mutilated in a brutal assault.
With the help of her partner and Philadelphia's Special Victims
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"Powerful drama…a tough but moving piece of crime writing." - Philadelphia Daily News
"Terrific...well plotted...spearkles with crisp, believable dialogue...an excellent crime novel…don't miss this one!" - Booklist (starred review)
"Scott Flander writes such a convincing cop tale…that it's hard to believe he wasn't on the force." - Washington Times
"Flander is very good at describing the gritty life and conversation of Philadelphia street...
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