{"product_id":"48-hours-to-kill-a-thriller-9781639104482","title":"48 Hours to Kill: A Thriller","description":"\u003cb\u003eA prison inmate on furlough learns a terrible secret about his sister's mysterious death--and descends back into the criminal underworld to uncover the truth, in this action-packed thrill ride James Patterson calls \"the best thriller I've read all year.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eServing a ten-year sentence in a Nevada prison for armed robbery, Ethan Lockhart hopes that he can one day become a productive, law-abiding member of society. But society has other plans for Ethan. When he's given a forty-eight-hour furlough to attend his sister Abby's funeral, he learns that her body was never found--just enough blood to declare her dead instead of missing--and he begins to suspect that there's more to her death than was reported. Ethan decides to use his forty-eight-hour window to find out what happened. But to get to the bottom of the mystery, he'll have to return to his unsavory past. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEthan teams up with his sister's best friend Whitney in a search for the truth. United in their shared grief, their chemistry--both emotional and physical--also begins to heat up. But romance goes on hold as the suspects mount. Ethan's old boss, Shark, a mid-level loan shark now heads a criminal empire. As Ethan and Whitney uncover more clues, they become convinced that Shark is responsible for the murder, but they have no proof. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf Ethan is going to solve his sister's murder in forty-eight hours, he will have to become the criminal he swore he'd never be again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Bourelle\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eHeavy Metal \u003c\/i\u003eand coauthor with James Patterson of \u003ci\u003eTexas Ranger \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTexas Outlaw\u003c\/i\u003e. His short stories have been published widely in literary magazines and fiction anthologies. He is an associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525976199442,"sku":"9781639104482","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_11e23980-bc4d-4869-9599-ab6e3722165e.jpg?v=1731252379","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/48-hours-to-kill-a-thriller-9781639104482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}