{"product_id":"a-guide-for-murdered-children-9781648210570","title":"A Guide for Murdered Children","description":"\"In her astonishing thriller, Sarah Sparrow has joined the ranks of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King. A warning: there is no safe place to read this book.\"\u003cbr\u003e -David Cronenberg \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Originally Published under the name Sarah Sparrow, Bruce Wagner's \u003ci\u003eA Guide for Murdered Children\u003c\/i\u003e is terrifying, thoroughly original, and hauntingly written. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Ex-NYPD detective Willow Wylde is fresh out of rehab and finally able to find a job running a Cold Case squad in suburban Detroit. When the two rookie cops assigned to him take an obsessive interest in a decades-old disappearance of a brother and sister, Willow begins to suspect something out of the ordinary is afoot. He uncovers a series of church basement AA-type meetings made up of the slain innocents and a new way of looking at life, death, murder--and missed opportunities--is revealed to him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Guide for Murdered Children\u003c\/i\u003e is a genre-busting, mind-bending twist on the fine line between the ordinary . . . and the unfathomable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBruce Wagner has written twelve novels and bestsellers, including the famous \"Cellphone Trilogy,\" \u003ci\u003eI'm Losing You\u003c\/i\u003e (PEN USA finalist), \u003ci\u003e I'll Let You Go \u003c\/i\u003eand Still Holding), \u003ci\u003eDead Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Empty Chair\u003c\/i\u003e, and the PEN\/Faulkner-finalist \u003ci\u003eChrysanthemum Palace\u003c\/i\u003e. He wrote the screenplay for David Cronenberg's film \u003ci\u003eMaps to the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e, for which Julianne Moore won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2014. In 1993, Wagner wrote and created the visionary mini-series\u003ci\u003e Wild Palms\u003c\/i\u003e for producer Oliver Stone and co-wrote (with Ullman) three seasons the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eTracey Ullman'sState of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written essays and articles for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArtforum \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Arcade Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878029168914,"sku":"9781648210570","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cd953af3-fc73-4a56-af12-8857458e239c.jpg?v=1738188235","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-guide-for-murdered-children-9781648210570","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}