{"product_id":"bait-and-switch-9781960912442","title":"Bait and Switch","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGabriel Karne is back.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe plan: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's gonna lie low on Heartstone Island and wait for the dumpster fire that is his past life to burn itself out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabriel has avoided Ranger Man for days, made a few important repairs to his sailboat, and put a dent in the stack of dime-store mysteries Elton loaned him. Life is at least okay.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight days in, and his strategy crumbles like a wet cookie.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Reality: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis ex-partner-in-crime returns, but this time he is very dead. And wearing a baby blue tracksuit, which somehow makes his murder even worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs his body a message from the crime family they mutually pissed off? Did Peter have connections to Heartstone? And if he didn't, how the hell did he know he'd find Gabe there?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith yet another exceedingly ill-timed murder, Gabe's luck is once again not the Good Kind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen there's his simmering attraction to Casey, which he's actively sweeping underneath his mental throw rug. Lundin is definitely not Gabe's type. He's a walking-talking moral compass that never seems to cease pointing out everything he's sure is wrong about Gabe. But damn, that man's uniform fits him like a custom glove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdding to it all, snow is in the forecast, there's a missing brush worker up the valley, and Calvin Perkins is still on the loose. Gabe's not even going to think about the spiders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEverything will be fine. FINE.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dirty Dog Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661359055122,"sku":"9781960912442","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ff27c66-99c8-4686-b722-abe19a47ca0b.jpg?v=1760441361","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/bait-and-switch-9781960912442","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}