{"product_id":"bad-things-happen-9780425234402","title":"Bad Things Happen","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping novel about a man trying to escape his violent past and soon becomes a murder suspect when a publisher--and the husband of the woman he's having an affair with--turns up dead.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe man who calls himself David Loogan is hoping to escape a violent past by living a quiet, anonymous life in Ann Arbor, Michigan. But when he's hired as an editor at a mystery magazine, he is drawn into an affair with the sleek blond wife of the publisher, Tom Kristoll--a man who soon turns up dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eElizabeth Waishkey is the most talented detective in the Ann Arbor Police Department, but even she doesn't know if Loogan is a killer or an ally who might help her find the truth. As more deaths start mounting up--some of them echoing stories published in the magazine--it's up to Elizabeth to solve both the murders and the mystery of Loogan himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Witty, sophisticated, suspenseful and endless fun...the best first novel I've read this year.\" --\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"A hypnotically readable novel, with...dialog worthy of Elmore Leonard.\"--Douglas Preston\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \"Fans of Peter Abrahams and Scott Turow will find a lot to like.\"--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Dolan graduated from Colgate University, where he majored in philosophy and studied fiction-writing with the novelist Frederick Busch. He earned a master's degree in philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and currently works as a freelance editor. He grew up in Rome, New York, and now lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with his partner Linda Randolph.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491727544594,"sku":"9780425234402","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef39f0dc-206b-438b-9618-7fcc3d83b7fe.jpg?v=1730552558","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bad-things-happen-9780425234402","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}