{"product_id":"buzzkill-9780991151660","title":"Buzzkill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Am I going to die?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen-year-old Mary Jane Bailey is sprawled on her back in a weed-choked field, bleeding from a cut on her forehead, when she asks that question to the man in a sharkskin suit standing over her holding a straight razor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1968. Jane is both a student and snitch. A federal agency asks her to keep her eyes open and report on potentially violent activities at Cal State Long Beach. For reasons even she doesn't understand, Jane agrees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo with her as she encounters vicious thugs, police and pot heads, goes to a beach party where she takes midnight swim through the red tide, all the while trying to infiltrate a radical group and establish whether they're as dangerous as they seem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the man with a straight razor standing over Jane? He answers her question with a single word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A historical thriller enriched by characters who sparkle and refuse to be forgotten. Jane, for starters, is a remarkable protagonist . . . The story thoroughly embodies the '60s era, both its anti-war sentiments and pop culture. The decade is also humorously portrayed . . .\" - \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzkill\u003c\/em\u003e and its companion novel \u003cem\u003eCrashpad \u003c\/em\u003eare the latest thrillers by James R. Preston, author of the Surf City Mysteries and two-time recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference Award for Fiction. His works have been described as \"beach noir\" and \"Margaritaville, but with guns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rendrag Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461719593234,"sku":"9780991151660","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67f2f865-f801-4fa7-ae90-7cacc3d0fd7d.jpg?v=1730077203","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/buzzkill-9780991151660","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}