{"product_id":"best-be-prepared-9780727850782","title":"Best Be Prepared","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA tense small town mystery that packs a big punch starring Nora Best.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNora Best is enjoying the quiet life . . . finally. She's parked up the Airstream on a quiet stretch of beach and is now a seventh-grade teacher in a small peninsula town in the Pacific Northwest. Her biggest worry is keeping up with her quick-witted bunch of students. No drama. No danger. And most importantly - no one turning up dead.\u003cp\u003eUntil they do, that is . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a local environmental activist - and dad to one of her most troublesome students - is killed, Nora once again finds herself in the thick of an investigation that threatens her new-found peace. She soon uncovers that Ward's death is most likely linked to the building of the school's emergency tsunami tower - a project financed by Ward's ex-wife's new husband . . . and one that is testing the town's loyalty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith emotions, and gossip, running high, in a community where everyone knows everyone else's secrets, Nora is in a race against time to get answers before fall storms slam their vulnerable Pacific Coast peninsula putting everyone's lives in danger!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGwen Florio\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in a farmhouse filled with books and a ban on television. After studying English at the University of Delaware, she began a decades-long career in journalism that has taken her around the country and to more than a dozen other countries, including several conflict zones. Her first novel in the Lola Wicks mystery series, \u003ci\u003eMontana\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Pinckley Prize for Crime Fiction and the High Plains Book Award, and was a finalist for the Shamus Award, an International Thriller Award and a Silver Falchion Award. She has since released four other books in the Lola Wicks series and two standalone novels. \u003ci\u003eBest Laid Plans\u003c\/i\u003e was the first book in the Nora Best series and her first with Severn House.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719956828434,"sku":"9780727850782","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ec1d0d21-0d27-4b6b-9d44-542bf47ba1f6.jpg?v=1734670813","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/best-be-prepared-9780727850782","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}