{"product_id":"blow-up-9781448308057","title":"Blow Up","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhotojournalist Sophie Medina must figure out how the death of a Supreme Court justice and the murder of a homeless man are related before she becomes an assailant's next target.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInternational photojournalist Sophie Medina and her old school friend Father Jack O'Hara are out for a run on Capitol Hill when they find the body of Associate Supreme Court Justice Everett Townsend lying in an alley, barely alive. Townsend, a diabetic, later dies in the ER from complications due to hypoglycemia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis tragic death has unexpected repercussions for Sophie when Javi, a young homeless man of Sophie's acquaintance, is murdered. Before he died, Javi told her a shocking story about Townsend that could have a devastating impact on the nation's highest court - and on the American justice system - if word got out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUnable to persuade anyone that what she learned is true and on the run from whoever is protecting Townsend's dark secret, Sophie searches a collection of her photographs of Washington D.C.'s homeless community, looking for evidence before everything blows up in her face . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe third Sophie Medina mystery, following \u003ci\u003eGhost Image \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMultiple Exposure\u003c\/i\u003e, is a great choice for readers who enjoy fearless female sleuths, well-plotted puzzles and gripping political intrigue.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllen Crosby \u003c\/b\u003eis a former reporter for the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, foreign correspondent for \u003ci\u003eABC News Radio\u003c\/i\u003e and economist at the U.S. Senate. She has spent many years overseas in Europe, but now lives in Virginia with her husband. She is the author of the Wine Country mysteries and the Sophie Medina mysteries.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555508818194,"sku":"9781448308057","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f8d21d94-d401-4b3f-9bf7-4c75857552be.jpg?v=1731732728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/blow-up-9781448308057","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}