{"product_id":"cinnamon-girl-9781685891152","title":"Cinnamon Girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Evocative, nostalgic, haunting, twisty, and true, Weizmann's fast paced and smartly written CINNAMON GIRL is everything there is to love about a classic PI novel and more ... much more.\" -- Reed Farrel Coleman, \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eSLEEPLESS CITY \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of the acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Last Songbird\u003c\/i\u003e, Lyft driver-turned-sleuth Adam Zantz returns in a neo-noir dive into the dark side of LA's rock scene . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAdam Zantz is still driving for Lyft, struggling to make ends meet, when his beloved former piano teacher makes a deathbed request: He wants Zantz to prove his son's innocence in a decades-earlier murder case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere doesn't seem to be much hope of solving such a cold case--until Zantz stumbles onto a test pressing of a never-released vinyl LP. The recording is of a high school garage band lost to the tides of the Paisley Underground, the acid-fueled early '80s music scene that spawned the Bangles and the Three O'Clock. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDown the psychedelic rabbit hole Adam falls, tracing the band's journey from the middle class garage to the precipice of fame--a twisted tale marked by crooked DJs, elder-scammers, wellness hucksters, a teen cult, and the woman who held the key to the band's triumph and ruin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne part Raymond Chandler, one part Ziggy Stardust, \u003ci\u003eCinnamon Girl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis both an indelible, moving portrait of Los .Angeles, and a suspenseful tale of greed, lust, betrayal, and the hidden price of teenage yearning. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEXTRA! A QR code will be added for the liner notes of the album by T\u003ci\u003ehe Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e. These feature importantly in the novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaniel Weizmann\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and editor whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBillboard\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAP Newswire\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Under the nom de plume, Shredder, Weizmann also wrote for the long running \u003ci\u003eFlipside\u003c\/i\u003e fanzine, as well as \u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, which once called him \"an incomparable punk stylist.\" Most recently, Weizmann co-authored \u003ci\u003eGame Changer\u003c\/i\u003e by Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg (Harper Leadership, 2020). He lives in Los Angeles, California.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607757525266,"sku":"9781685891152","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_289f6a1d-1b7c-491a-802c-3b967ba9bf0c.jpg?v=1732313339","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cinnamon-girl-9781685891152","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}