{"product_id":"billy-crawfords-double-play-9781998408306","title":"Billy Crawford's Double Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEverything is legal - if you can get away with it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBilly Crawford is a hero. The star of the Rose City Rounders, the baseball player has been thrilling fans of the city for years. But Billy's not as young as he used to be and his tendency to play hard is catching up with him. A string of losses for the Rounders puts his position at risk as the team's owner, local developer Carroll Miller, doesn't like being associated with anything that loses. Miller's thinking of making changes, and not just at the team. When he decides to enter politics Billy suddenly finds himself facing an offer he can't refuse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this wise-cracking, fast-paced novel, Brad Smith lampoons today's scandal-ridden politics and politicians. But among the laughter, Smith also shows us there can be hope, and even integrity, where we least expect it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmith, Brad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Brad Smith is a novelist and screenwriter, born and raised in southern Ontario. \u003cem\u003eBilly Crawford's Double Play\u003c\/em\u003e is his fifteenth novel. His 2019 novel - \u003cem\u003eThe Return of Kid Cooper\u003c\/em\u003e - won the Spur Award for Best Western Traditional Novel from the Western Writers of America. His novels \u003cem\u003eOne-Eyed Jacks\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCopperhead Road\u003c\/em\u003e were shortlisted for the Dashiell Hammett Prize. He adapted his book \u003cem\u003eAll Hat\u003c\/em\u003e to feature film, starring Keith Carradine and Luke Kirby. He now lives in a ninety-year-old farmhouse near the north shore of Lake Erie, where he tinkers, respectively, on his vintage cars and his golf swing.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"James Street North Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648965542162,"sku":"9781998408306","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8401bf75-cfde-42c5-9dd1-2b5044f49f62.jpg?v=1759840414","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/billy-crawfords-double-play-9781998408306","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}