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African American men Fiction Blackbird Sisters (Fictitious characters) Fiction Murder Investigation Murder Investigation Fiction Organized crime Fiction Pennsylvania Philadelphia Philadelphia (Pa.) Fiction Police Pennsylvania Philadelphia Fiction Socialites Fiction Women detectives FictionDixon, Franklin W.
Summary: Frank and Joe travel to Philadelphia where they intend to prevent an attack on an extreme sports contest called the Big Air Games.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin Paperbacks 2005
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIXSmith, Roland
Summary: Thirteen-year-old Q and fifteen-year-old Angela expect their lives to become complicated when his mother and her father, wildly popular musicians, marry, but not that they will face spies and terrorists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SMIAlbee, Jay
Summary: Nonbinary fourth grader Riley and their friends are all in for Dress Like Your Favorite Character Day, but when everyone at school asks Riley for costume advice, they discover that the key to being a costume visionary is active listening and a big imagination.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE ALBHimes, Leigh
Summary: "In this irresistible debut novel, a freak accident allows a wife and mother to explore the alluring alternative of the Road Not Taken. Abbey Lahey is a married, harried working mother of two, struggling to make ends meet in a blue-collar suburb of Philadelphia. When a tumble down a Nordstrom escalator lands her in an alternate reality, Abbey finds herself happily married to the one who got...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIMCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HIMScottoline, Lisa.
Summary: "Dr. Eric Parrish is the Chief of the Psychiatric Unit at Havemeyer General Hospital outside of Philadelphia. Recently separated from his wife Alice, he is doing his best as a single Dad to his seven-year-old daughter Hannah. His work seems to be going better than his home life, however. His unit at the hospital has just been named number two in the country and Eric has a devoted staff of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SCOCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Scottoline 2015De los Santos, Marisa
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2006
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DE LCotugno, Katie
Summary: One conversation can change everything. Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: she and her best friend, Emily, plan to head to Cornell together in the fall, and she volunteers at a voter registration call center in her Philadelphia suburb. But everything changes when one of those calls connects her to a stranger from small-town Ohio. Colby is stuck in a rut, reeling from a family tragedy and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC COTCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC COTPatterson, James
Summary: "The city 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 the stars. For the prosecution:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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Summary: Maja Jensen is smart, stylish, and careful, the type of woman who considers every detail when building her dream home in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The perfect house that would compensate for her failure to have a child, the house that was going to save her marriage. But when a group of reckless teenagers trash the newly built home just weeks before she moves in, her plans are shattered....
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAMMartin, Nancy
Summary: Sensible Philadelphia debutante Nora Blackbird turns sleuth when her friend Lexie becomes the prime suspect in the killing of a prominent Philadelphia philanthropist, but her investigation is complicated by the return of her scheming parents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Obsidian 2008
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MARCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS MARJohnson, Craig
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS JOHDexter, Pete
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEXLeigh, Melinda
Summary: "When her sister Erin is murdered and Erin's husband goes missing, Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert vows to uncover the secrets of her sister's life and death but when the danger hits close to home, her own family is caught in a death grip."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Montlake 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LEIKent, Bill
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KENLaBan, Elizabeth
Summary: "Lila Soto has a master's degree that's gathering dust, a work-obsessed husband, two kids, and lots of questions about how exactly she ended up here. In their new city of Philadelphia, Lila's husband, Sam, takes his job as a restaurant critic a little too seriously. To protect his professional credibility, he's determined to remain anonymous. Soon his preoccupation with anonymity takes over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lake Union Publishing 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LABDublin, D. H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M DUBGriffin, W.E.B.
Summary: In Philadelphia, a policeman suspected of drug dealing is murdered, a bar owner and his wife are gunned down and a young woman dies from drug overdose. It is up to detectives Matt Payne and Jason Washington to put together the pieces. Sixth novel in a police series by the author of The Assassin.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1994
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIPatterson, James
Summary: "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 the stars. For the prosecution:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2023
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GriffGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: 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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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GRICopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIJones, Merry Bloch.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONMartin, Nancy
Summary: When her boss is found bound in pantyhose and shot execution style, Nora Blackbird launches an investigation that brings her face to face with some of the most glamorous suspects in the City of Brotherly Love.
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Publisher / Publication Date: New American Library 2005
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Summary: 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. By the author of The Gravedigger's Ball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC JONCoben, Harlan
Summary: The boy was born and raised on the Main Line, but he vanished on Philadelphia's mean streets. The boy's mother, Linda Coldren, is a golf superstar...and Myron Bolitar's client. When he goes after the missing boy, presumed kidnapped, he crashes through a crowd of lowlifes, blue bloods, and liars on both sides of the social divide. Meanwhile, Linda's husband is trying to stage a comeback at the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2000