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YAOrca Soundings series.
When David's stepfather, an avid poker player, is murdered, Detective Antonelli thinks David was involved. Twelve short chapters shift between past and present as David describes the events leading up to his stepfather's death. The characters are rather flat, but the mystery zooms along quickly enough to hook the reluctant reader crowd.