Following Frankie

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Publisher : House Mountain Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (865 download)

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Book Synopsis Following Frankie by : Jim Hartsell

Download or read book Following Frankie written by Jim Hartsell and published by House Mountain Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-29 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his first low country boil on a Carolina beach to a face-off with three thugs in a Georgia parking lot, from an unforgettable night in New Orleans to the Beale Street acrobats and a sunset Mississippi River cruise in Memphis, Boone is constantly in unknown territory on his first venture away from home with his dog Frankie. The map his friend Melvin gave him doesn’t offer much guidance, and sometime he feels like Frankie’s in charge of their trip and he’s just following her lead. On his return home he sees old friends and new acquaintances in a different and sometimes disturbing light, prompting him to question many of his assumptions about how things are supposed to be. Trying to keep his feet on the ground and leave behind his Daddy’s most damaging lessons once and for all, Boone realizes that the trip has changed him in ways he never expected.

Following Frankie The Firefly

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Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359298222
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (592 download)

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Book Synopsis Following Frankie The Firefly by : Yvonne Glasgow

Download or read book Following Frankie The Firefly written by Yvonne Glasgow and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Frankie

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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250143012
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Book Synopsis Frankie by : Shivaun Plozza

Download or read book Frankie written by Shivaun Plozza and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shivaun Plozza’s debut novel, Frankie, is a genre-hopping, darkly funny novel about searching for the truth, finding yourself, and falling in love Frankie Vega is angry. Just ask the guy whose nose she broke. Or the cop investigating the burglary she witnessed, or her cheating ex-boyfriend, or her aunt who's tired of giving second chances. When a kid shows up claiming to be Frankie's half brother, it opens the door to a past she doesn't want to remember. And when that kid goes missing, the only person willing to help is a boy with stupidly blue eyes, a criminal record, and secrets of his own. Frankie's search for the truth could change her life, or cost her everything. “Frankie's a great, gutsy character, full of heart.” —Printz Award winner Melina Marchetta, author of The Jellicoe Road and Saving Francesca

Raising Frankie

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Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 163903949X
Total Pages : 555 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (39 download)

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Book Synopsis Raising Frankie by : Brenda B. Moody

Download or read book Raising Frankie written by Brenda B. Moody and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-03-09 with total page 555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a college student, he was blessed to become a student intern in the Information Technology (IT) department where he continued to increase his computer skills as a part-time computer lab assistant and a computer troubleshooter. These roles pushed his skilled to a brand-new level. “After the internship was over, I followed my instructor everywhere he went so I could learn everything I could. I even stayed after hours to glean from his knowledge.” His instructor told him that he had never met anyone like him before. Someone who was hungry for knowledge. After graduating with a degree in computer science, he was offered a part-time job in the IT department. That job later became full-time. As a contributing co-author to Raising Frankie, he visited his parents twice a week to proofread and suggest any changes he felt were necessary. They wanted to make sure he was comfortable with every line before it went to publication. Since he has embraced the book, the three of us hope readers will share its content to assist anyone they know who is or have dealt with ADHD. Brenda is a retired educator who lives with her husband in North Carolina. During her academic career, she served in several capacities in the educational arena. These positions included teaching academically gifted to disadvantaged and handicapped students in high school, high school assistant principal, and supervisor/director of Career Technical Education Programs. She has also taught on the community college level. In her community, she serves on several church auxiliaries to include serving as a deaconess, member of the senior usher board, and as a Sunday school teacher. Because of her experiences working with attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD)—via students and their teachers—she wanted to share her knowledge and experiences with others through Raising Frankie. She hopes that loving and living this work will positively impact the lives of others as it has the Moody family. Frankie L. Moody Sr. (Moody), coauthor, is a United States Army Veteran and a retired lieutenant with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. Presently, he is actively serving as a church deacon, president of the male ushers, Security Team member, Cub Scout Den Leader, and as a literacy tutor (for adults) with Triangle South Literacy Works. He also is employed part-time to transport people to and from medical appointments. In his years of working with people, Moody often imparted words of wisdom and encouragement whenever the opportunity presented itself. Brenda and Moody worked passionately together to first of all understand the characteristics of ADHD. Secondly, to embrace Frankie’s diagnosis so they could help him to deal with whatever he may have encountered academically as well as socially during his formative years. Toward that end, Moody spent his days off each week serving as a teacher assistant’s when Frankie was in elementary school. He also chaperoned every field trip and assisted with all of his sport activities. During high school, we worked together as a team to support Frankie as needed—to include how to handle unwarranted bullying. During high school and college, we realized that Frankie needed space to make his own decisions. With that said, we were always available and ready to activate whatever actions as were necessary to help Frankie to be successful without encroaching on his “I can do it on my own” abilities.

Minding Frankie

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Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307595161
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis Minding Frankie by : Maeve Binchy

Download or read book Minding Frankie written by Maeve Binchy and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-03-01 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller A tale of joy, heartbreak and hope, about a motherless girl collectively raised by a close-knit Dublin community. When Noel learns that his terminally ill former flame is pregnant with his child, he agrees to take guardianship of the baby girl once she’s born. But as a single father battling demons of his own, Noel can’t do it alone. Fortunately, he has a competent, caring network of friends, family and neighbors: Lisa, his unlucky-in-love classmate, who moves in with him to help him care for little Frankie around the clock; his American cousin, Emily, always there with a pep talk; the newly retired Dr. Hat, with more time on his hands than he knows what to do with; Dr. Declan and Fiona and their baby son, Frankie’s first friend; and many eager babysitters, including old friends Signora and Aidan and Frankie’s doting grandparents, Josie and Charles. But not everyone is pleased with the unconventional arrangement, especially a nosy social worker, Moira, who is convinced that Frankie would be better off in a foster home. Now it’s up to Noel to persuade her that everyone in town has something special to offer when it comes to minding Frankie. "Joyful, quintessential Binchy." —O, The Oprah Magazine

The Untold Story of Frankie Silver

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Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781475917475
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (174 download)

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Book Synopsis The Untold Story of Frankie Silver by : Perry Deane Young

Download or read book The Untold Story of Frankie Silver written by Perry Deane Young and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three days before Christmas in 1831, Frankie Silver killed her husband, Charles Silver, with an axe and burned his body in the fireplace. Author Perry Deane Young, whose ancestors were involved in the case, began collecting material about it as a teenager. As a college student, he was astounded to learn that most of what he had been told was actually false. Abused by her husband, Frankie killed in self defense. The laws of that time would not allow her to take the stand and explain what happened. She was unjustly hanged in July of 1833. Young proves the real crime is the way this poor woman has been misrepresented by balladeers and historians all these years. Perry Deane Young provides important historical background to this fascinating story Young is able to build suspense, even for a story many of his readers may already knowBy personalizing both Frankie Silvers story and his own search for it, Young has given readers an interesting and well-written book about history and the way it is created. --Lynn Moss Sanders in Appalachian Journal Most of my life Ive heard stories about a pretty mountain lady who was hanged for nothing more serious than murdering her husband. Here, and I can say at last after one and a half centuries, is the true account, thoroughly researched and beautifully presented. Its a highroad journey into this Appalachian mystery. --John Ehle, author of The Land Breakers, The Road, The Journey of August King

Frankie B - House of Hoodoo: Paranormal Cozy Mystery

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Publisher : Squabbling Sparrows Press
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Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Frankie B - House of Hoodoo: Paranormal Cozy Mystery by : Andie Low

Download or read book Frankie B - House of Hoodoo: Paranormal Cozy Mystery written by Andie Low and published by Squabbling Sparrows Press. This book was released on 2023-08-07 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Detention drama. Assassination attempts. Wedding dress stress. Just another school year for our favorite delinquent witch. Frankie doesn't do higher education. Not when it involves being stuck at Aunt Betty's charm school for magical misfits. Who needs good grades when you've got sass to spare? Just as she's settling into her role as Hoodoo House's resident troublemaker (detention? More like a badge of honor), someone adds "attempted murder" to the curriculum. Talk about a pop quiz from hell. With classes suspended and a killer on the loose, Frankie's trading lessons for a chance at sweet, sweet vengeance. Because if this is the same creep who offed her mom? Let's just say detention will be the least of their worries. Homework: Unmask the murderer, save Aunt Betty, and maybe squeeze in a wedding dress fitting. You know, if there's time between magical mayhem and mortal peril. Will Frankie crack the case and make it to the altar? Or is she about to become the latest dropout in a very permanent way? Say "I do" to chaos, buttercup, because normal's for bridesmaids, and Frankie's about to take this magical matchup to a whole new level. If you love a paranormal cozy series with a kick ass witch who can take care of business even without her magic, then welcome to the Marina Witches Mysteries. Perfect for fans of Misty Bane, Amanda M. Lee, and Lily Harper Hart, as well as Dionne Lister, Morgana Best, and Jane Hinchey. Join Frankie and Dex as they take on dark forces and injustice along with Frankie's hot, but equally mysterious, neighbor. With Zane around, the main danger is to Frankie's heart.

In Every Generation (Volume 1)

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Publisher : Disney Electronic Content
ISBN 13 : 1368075150
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (68 download)

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Book Synopsis In Every Generation (Volume 1) by : Kendare Blake

Download or read book In Every Generation (Volume 1) written by Kendare Blake and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to Sunnydale in a brand-new series by New York Times best-selling author Kendare Blake, set in the world of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Frankie Rosenberg wasn't yet alive when her mom, Willow, her aunt Buffy, and the original Scooby Gang destroyed the Hellmouth and saved the world from the First Evil. These days, life in New Sunnydale is blissfully quiet. Frankie is just trying to survive her sophomore year at the rebuilt high school and use her budding magical powers to make the world a better place. But that world is suddenly plunged into danger when the slayer community is the target of a deadly attack, leaving the future of the line uncertain. Then Frankie discovers she's sort of freakishly strong. Oh, and there's something Willow never told her about her true identity. Cue the opening credits. Quicker than she can carve a stake, Frankie discovers there's more to saving the world than witty one-liners and stupid hot demons. now everyone looks to her for answers, but speaking up has never been her strong suit. And it's hard to be taken seriously when your mom is such a powerful witch she almost ended the world once, while your greatest magic trick is recycling. Despite the many challenges standing in her way, Frankie must assemble her own bumbling Scooby Gang, get dressed up in Buffy's (vintage '90s) clothes, and become a new slayer for a new generation―before whatever came for the rest of the slayers comes for her next. “A worthy successor to the Slayer stories.” –Booklist Starred Review

Pick ‘n’ Mix (Frankie Foster, Book 2)

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Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007443323
Total Pages : 17 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis Pick ‘n’ Mix (Frankie Foster, Book 2) by : Jean Ure

Download or read book Pick ‘n’ Mix (Frankie Foster, Book 2) written by Jean Ure and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-07-07 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second fantastic book about ten-year-old FRANKIE FOSTER – the girl who wants to help, but ends up causing chaos!

Living to Tell about it

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Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801442971
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (429 download)

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Book Synopsis Living to Tell about it by : James Phelan

Download or read book Living to Tell about it written by James Phelan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phelan's compelling readings cover important theoretical ground by introducing a valuable distinction between disclosure functions and narrator functions.

Frankie Muniz Boy Genius

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743418441
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (434 download)

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Book Synopsis Frankie Muniz Boy Genius by : Nancy Krulik

Download or read book Frankie Muniz Boy Genius written by Nancy Krulik and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-02-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Frankie Muniz! He's the star of Malcolm in the Middle, one of the hottest shows on TV today. Frankie's fifteen, funny, and now he's famous. Here, for every fan who can't get enough of Frankie, is everything you need to know about him: how he broke into show business, what his hobbies are, where to find Frankie fan clubs on the Web, and whether his zodiac sign is compatible with yours! Extra bonus: take the all-Frankie quiz inside!

The Awakening: the Extraterrestrial Reptilian Trilogy Book 3

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Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1796064033
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book The Awakening: the Extraterrestrial Reptilian Trilogy Book 3 written by P. S. Marrow and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-10-09 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Francie Moreau’s story continues when Father Vicenty arrives from Rome to instruct her on how to engage 4D from her 3D world but reptilian Ranking Officer Betelgeuse Smith has a few surprises for both of them. The Awakening - Book 3 of The ETR’s Trilogy has little bit of romance and a lot of sci-fi adventure.

Finding Mrs. Ford

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Publisher : Post Hill Press
ISBN 13 : 164293173X
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (429 download)

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Book Synopsis Finding Mrs. Ford by : Deborah Goodrich Royce

Download or read book Finding Mrs. Ford written by Deborah Goodrich Royce and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Ford leads a privileged life. From her Blenheim spaniels to her cottage on the coast of Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she carefully curates her world. Hair in place, house in place, life in place, Susan Ford keeps it under control. Early one morning in the summer of 2014, the past pays a call to collect. The FBI arrives to question her about a man from Iraq—a Chaldean Christian from Mosul—where ISIS has just seized control. Sammy Fakhouri, they say, is his name and they have taken him into custody, picked up on his way to her house. Back in the summer of 1979, on the outskirts of a declining Detroit, college coed Susan meets charismatic and reckless Annie. They are an unlikely pair of friends but they each see something in the other—something they’d like to possess. Studious Susan is a moth to the flame that is Annie. Yet, it is dazzling Annie who senses that Susan will be the one who makes it out of Detroit. Together, the girls navigate the minefields of a down-market disco where they work their summer jobs. It’s a world filled with pretty girls and powerful men, some of whom—like Sammy Fakhouri—happen to be Iraqi Chaldeans. What happened in that summer of 1979 when Susan and Annie met? Why is Sammy looking for Susan all these years later? And why is Mrs. Ford lying?

Frankie and Johnny

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Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1477312102
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (773 download)

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Book Synopsis Frankie and Johnny by : Stacy I. Morgan

Download or read book Frankie and Johnny written by Stacy I. Morgan and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner, Wayland D. Hand Prize, American Folklore Society, 2018 Originating in a homicide in St. Louis in 1899, the ballad of “Frankie and Johnny” became one of America’s most familiar songs during the first half of the twentieth century. It crossed lines of race, class, and artistic genres, taking form in such varied expressions as a folk song performed by Huddie Ledbetter (Lead Belly); a ballet choreographed by Ruth Page and Bentley Stone under New Deal sponsorship; a mural in the Missouri State Capitol by Thomas Hart Benton; a play by John Huston; a motion picture, She Done Him Wrong, that made Mae West a national celebrity; and an anti-lynching poem by Sterling Brown. In this innovative book, Stacy I. Morgan explores why African American folklore—and “Frankie and Johnny” in particular—became prized source material for artists of diverse political and aesthetic sensibilities. He looks at a confluence of factors, including the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, and resurgent nationalism, that led those creators to engage with this ubiquitous song. Morgan’s research uncovers the wide range of work that artists called upon African American folklore to perform in the 1930s, as it alternately reinforced and challenged norms of race, gender, and appropriate subjects for artistic expression. He demonstrates that the folklorists and creative artists of that generation forged a new national culture in which African American folk songs featured centrally not only in folk and popular culture but in the fine arts as well.

Roof of Hell

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Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1553699181
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book Roof of Hell written by Roger Alidade and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2003-02-02 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric, a successful corporate geophysicist, faces a moment of truth about the meaning of his life when he decides to strike out on his own to search the treacherous waters around the Aleutian Island known as the "Roof of Hell", for a legendary WWII Japanese submarine filled with treasures. The legend of this renegade sub surfaced when an ancient small jade Buddha statue with sparkling emerald eyes is discovered in the cooler of a fishing boat in the far Aleutian Islands, almost forty years after WWII has ended. The statue soon falls into the hands of Naomi, a successful lawyer in New York. Naomi finds her Japanese past shameful, and has bitterly tried to ignore it all her life. The statue jars her completely with a peak at a truth about her heritage and family she never dared think about. Learning that the statue came from a renegade Japanese sub filled with other looted treasures, she hires Eric, a geophysical consultant, to help her find that sub. Eric, gripping the seat of the single engine plane that roller coasters its way out the Aleutian Island chain and into Dutch Harbor, Alaska, is shocked to learn that he is not just on a routine salvage job in a nearby harbor, but on a treasure hunt for a mythical submarine lost almost forty years ago, somewhere in the open Bering Sea surrounding the islands. The seas are amongst the meanest in the world, and unnamed volcanoes smolder, ready to explode on every island. Eric blanches at the very thought of searching in such a place with practically nothing to go on. It is illogic as all hell to his scientist mind, but Naomi's flashing eyes, and utter determinism, cause Eric to pause long enough to realize he must lead the incredulous search, or forever live with the dull ache within him about who he had become. But Eric is severely handicapped. His crew and equipment are worse than third-rate to the shiny RV Meditteranean, cruising the waters nearby and looking for the same submarine. When failure becomes their only option, Eric cannot bear to look into Naomi's teary eyes, nor into his soul. Preparing to return to port, Eric learns from a crazed crew member, Frankie, of the massive tidal wave, or tsunami, that destroyed the Scotch Cap Lighthouse in 1946, on nearby Unimak Island, a place of eternal volcanic violence known as the "Roof of Hell", Eric forms a theory, just as crazy as Frankie himself, about what happened to that sub, but they must race into the waters next to the surging Mount Shishaldin, now belching ash high into the sky, to prove his theory, and then escape before the eruption obliterates everything around it, including them. They discover the horrific truth about what happened to that renegade Japanese submarine and the men aboard, and with the discovery, Naomi learns the truth of something she had refused to believe for so many years; and Eric discovers a surprising answer to his personal crisis... but not before the Roof of Hell traps them in a maelstrom of unimaginable violence.

An Uplifting Murder

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Publisher : Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1625673388
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book An Uplifting Murder written by Elaine Viets and published by Jabberwocky Literary Agency, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-12-09 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St. Louis mystery shopper Josie Marcus discovers the world of luxury lingerie has more than one secret after her high school teacher is accused of suffocating a former classmate... When Desiree Lingerie hires Josie, she’s delighted to find her high school teacher, Mrs. Hayes, is now a manager at the chain. Less thrilling is the mini-reunion with her mean girl nemesis, Frankie Martin. But after Frankie is killed just steps from the shop—and her beloved ex-teacher is identified as a prime suspect—Josie gets hooked into another murder investigation. Mrs. Hayes is spilling over with motives—years ago, Frankie destroyed her career. Unfortunately, her alibi is pretty skimpy. So, with only her secret shopper smarts and a bit of amateur sleuthing experience to support her, Josie must strip away the lies in order to bust the real killer before anyone else becomes tangled up in this case.

Nominations of Mrs. Frankie Muse Freeman and Mr. Eugene C. Patterson

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1758 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Nominations of Mrs. Frankie Muse Freeman and Mr. Eugene C. Patterson written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 1758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: