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Written in my own heart's blood

a novel
After being presumed dead, Jamie Fraser returns to find that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitmate son has discovered who is father is, and his nephew has decided to marry a Quaker.

A new beginning

2014
The reader makes choices to guide the plot of a story in which Addy Walker outruns a slave catcher, raises money for soldiers, and searches for her family in the middle of the Civil War.

Train

a novel
2003
Miller Packard, a Los Angeles police detective in 1953, becomes romantically involved with Norah, the sole survivor of a violent boat-jacking in which she was raped and her husband killed, but it becomes apparent her recovery is far from complete when Miller takes African-American caddy Lionel "Train" Walk under his wing, and the three of them embark on a path to disaster.

Of monsters and madness

2014
"In 1820s Philadelphia, a girl finds herself in the midst of a rash of gruesome murders in which her father and his alluring assistant might be implicated"--Provided by publisher.

Coin heist

2014
A group of Philadelphia prep school students try to rob the U.S. Mint while on a field trip.

Buck

a memoir
An account of the author's youth in Zimbabwe and in violent Philadelphia street gangs explores how his life was shaped by his father's absence, his brother's imprisonment, and his mother's and sister's struggles with mental illness.

The Philly fake

2014
Cousins Mike and Kate must help the Philadelphia Phillies' mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, clear his name after the team's bats begin to suspiciously break during games.

Kindness goes unpunished

2007
In the aftermath of a brutal attack on his Philadelphia lawyer daughter, Wyoming sheriff Walt Longmire, aided by his best friend, Henry Standing Bear, teams up with the Philadelphia police in a determined search for answers.

For the love of money

a novel
2000
Tracy Ellison, now a major Hollywood star, returns to her East Coast roots and stirs up unrest among her friends, family, and past loves.

Mistaken identity

1999
Bennie Rosato is surprised by the physical resemblance between her and her new client, and when her client announces she is Bennie's identical twin, Bennie doesn't believe her, but she finds herself drawn to her and as she investigates her client's case, she uncovers secrets her family would kill to keep from her.

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