{"product_id":"down-the-river-unto-the-sea-9780316509633","title":"Down the River Unto the Sea","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel of the Year: bestselling author Walter Mosley \"is back with a whole new character to love...As gorgeous a novel as anything he's ever written\" (\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoe King Oliver was one of the NYPD's finest investigators until he was framed for sexual assault by unknown enemies within the force. A decade has passed since his release from Rikers, and he now runs a private detective agency with the help of his teenage daughter. Physically and emotionally broken by the brutality he suffered while behind bars, King leads a solitary life, his work and his daughter the only lights. When he receives a letter from his accuser confessing that she was paid to frame him years ago, King decides to find out who wanted him gone and why. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a quest for the justice he was denied, King agrees to help a radical black journalist accused of killing two on-duty police officers. Their cases intertwine across the years and expose a pattern of corruption and brutality wielded against the black men, women, and children whose lives the law destroyed. All the while, two lives hang in the balance: King's client's and his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wild ride that delivers hard-boiled satisfaction while toying with our prejudices and preconceptions.\" --Steph Cha, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalter Mosley\u003c\/b\u003e is one of America's most celebrated and beloved writers. A Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America, he has won numerous awards, including the Anisfield-Wolf Award, a Grammy, a PEN USA's Lifetime Achievement Award, and several NAACP Image Awards. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages. His short fiction has appeared in a wide array of publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, and his nonfiction has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDown the River unto the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mulholland Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50609964351762,"sku":"9780316509633","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6b933b98-27c5-4908-9da0-44934ecda2e0.jpg?v=1732331995","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/down-the-river-unto-the-sea-9780316509633","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}