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2) Lion & Lamb
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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Veena Lion and Cooper Lamb are rival PIs working the same intense headline-making case. Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes. One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to...
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A deadly meth lab explosion in a run-down Philadelphia motel covers a brutal murder. A shooting in a popular tourist location has left two dead. The body of a headless Latina turns up in the Schuylkill River. Everybody assumes the crimes are not related, but Homicide Sergeant Matthew Payne can't shake the hunch that there's something more to it. That hunch leads him to a connection to the Texas-Mexico border in the person of Jim Byrth of the Texas...
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"A suspense novel that also looks at the anatomy of a Philadelphia family rocked by the opioid crisis and the relationship between two sisters--one, suffering from addiction, who has suddenly gone missing amid a series of mysterious murders; the other a police officer who patrols the neighborhood from which she disappeared: a story about the formidable ties between place, family, and fate" -- Provided by publisher.
5) Serendipity
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English
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SERENDIPITY transforms a heartbroken girl into a proud, sophisticated woman . . . Six years ago, Jory Ryan Landers fled Philadelphia after a brief, tragic marriage to wealthy Ross Landers. Now Jory has come home to make peace with the past. And to face an uncertain future. SERENDIPITY enables a woman to trust her heart in friendship and in love . . . With the unexpected jolt of a brief summer storm, Jory falls for Ross's best friend . . . and becomes...
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Series
Rosato and Associates novels volume 5
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2000]
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English
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Upon discovering his wife's murdered body, Jack Newlin decides to frame himself for the murder, hiring an inexperienced attorney to help him.
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Love walked in volume 2
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English
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Follow Cornelia Brown and her oncologist husband, Teo Sandoval, to suburban Philadelphia. Piper Truitt lives across the street with her husband and two young children. She considers herself the arbiter of style and local propriety. Add to the mix waitress Lake and her son, Dev, who is enrolled in a private academy far superior to his previous California public school. From the outset, Cornelia and Piper are traveling down different paths, while Cornelia...
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Ladies of liberty volume 2
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English
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Whisked away to America when her father is falsely accused of slave trading, Catherine Newbury disguises her identity and becomes a sought-after seamstress in Philadelphia, where she catches the eye of an architect who met her before she went into hiding.
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Badge of honor volume 7
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English
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Circumstances force Special Operations detective Matt Payne and his colleagues into the middle of two major cases simultaneously. With the commission of a brutal crime, an ongoing investigation into a squad of dirty cops suddenly grows ugly, and Payne must track down a key piece of evidence before things become even worse.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Daisy Shoemaker can't sleep. With a thriving cooking business, full schedule of volunteer work, and a beautiful home in the Philadelphia suburbs, she should be content. But her teenage daughter can be a handful, her husband can be distant, her work can feel trivial, and she has lots of acquaintances, but no real friends. Still, Daisy knows she's got it good. So why is she up all night? While Daisy tries to identify the root of her dissatisfaction,...
11) Final justice
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Series
Badge of honor volume 8
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English
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Recently promoted to sergeant and assigned to the homicide department, detective Matt Payne finds more than his share of challenges in three assignments involving a fast-food shooting, a guru murderer, and a police movie star.
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Badge of honor volume 6
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1995]
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English
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Detectives Jason Washington and Matt Payne are under pressure to solve three murders--a policeman shot in his home, a bar owner and his partner's wife gunned down together, and a wealthy young woman dead of a drug overdose
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English
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"Walt Longmire has been sheriff of Wyoming's Absaroka County for almost a quarter of a century and has meted out justice with charm and a high-powered sense of humor, but when Walt tags along with good friend Henry Standing Bear on a trip to Philadelphia, he's in for a shock. A vicious attack on his daughter, Cady, leaves her near death, and Walt discovers that she has unwittingly become embroiled in a deadly political cover-up." "With Henry, Deputy...
15) Courting Trouble
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Series
Rosato and Associates novels volume 7
Pub. Date
[2002]
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English
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Anne Murphy is smart, gorgeous, and young, the red-headed rookie at the Philadelphia law firm of Rosato & Associates. She leaves town for the Fourth of July weekend to prepare for a high-profile trial, but when she buys her morning newspaper, her own photo is plastered all over the front page. And the headline -- LAWYER MURDERED -- supposedly refers to her. Anne sets out to find her killer, playing dead in order to stay alive.
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English
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There's a sudden spike in murders in Philadelphia, but no one seems to mind much, because the victims are street thugs and lowlifes. But as Homicide sergeant Matt Payne starts looking under the right rocks, he gets a feeling there's more going on than just bad guys burning one another...
17) The last witness
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Badge of honor volume 11
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English
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Philadelphia homicide detective Matt Payne must locate the lone living witness to a sex trade ring connected to the Mexican drug cartels and the Russian mob.
18) Certain girls
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Cannie Shapiro volume 2
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English
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Weiner's sequel finds author Cannie Shapiro years after her debut novel, based on her own life, became an overnight success. Now she's turned to anonymously writing sci-fi, and is enjoying being a soccer mom and doctor's wife. But when 13-year-old daughter Joy finds her steamy novel, she has to answer some questions that will affect the entire family.
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Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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After agreeing to marry Mick Abruzzo, the son of New Jersey's most notorious gangster, impoverished Philadelphia heiress Nora Blackbird and her sisters investigate the disappearance of Sweet Penny Devine, the daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia family.
20) Dirty Blonde
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Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
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Cate Fante is strong and smart, but when she becomes a federal judge, even she wonders if she can do the job justice. She's in her thirties, so she feels though she's joining the world's most exclusive retirement village. She worries inwardly that she only looks the part, in a designer suit donned like overpriced armor. After all, a job described in the United States Constitution would intimidate anybody. But Cate keeps her doubts a secret. And, as...