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Phil Semler

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San Francisco, The United States

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Philosophy

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Phil Semler is the author of 13 novels (most recently Scattered Parts), and 2 travel books. He lives in San Francisco with his wife.

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	Occam's Razor (Book 1 of The San Francisco Trilogy) 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daemon in the Tenderloin: A Philip Beckett Mystery (Philip Beckett in the San Francisco Tenderloin Book 1) 2.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The San Francisco Trilogy 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Harvest 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Sweet Home San Francisco: A Novel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zeno's Arrow (Part 2 of The San Francisco Trilogy) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jack Fulton: The Walker Artist: A Monograph it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Earth, World, and Truth: Reading Smithson’s Spiral Jetty; Seeing Heidegger’s “Origin of the Work of Art”; 36 Correspondences in Understanding One with the Other An Essay/Work in the Philosophy of Art it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kant's Modalities (Part 3 San Francisco Trilogy) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Tenderloin Shaft: Philip Beckett’s Last Case (Philip Beckett in the San Francisco Tenderloin Book 4)

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The Coal Tattoo

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The Deal Goes Down

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