{"product_id":"hard-cash-valley-9781250779632","title":"Hard Cash Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to McFalls County and Bull Mountain in \u003ci\u003eHard Cash Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, where Brian Panowich weaves another masterful tale of Southern Noir. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDane Kirby is a broken man and no stranger to tragedy. As a life-long resident and ex-arson investigator for McFalls County, Dane has lived his life in one of the most chaotic and crime-ridden regions of the south. When he gets called in to consult on a brutal murder in a Jacksonville, Florida, motel room, he and his FBI counterpart, Special Agent Roselita Velasquez, begin an investigation that leads them back to the criminal circles of his own backyard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArnie Blackwell's murder in Jacksonville is only the beginning - and Dane and Roselita seem to be one step behind. For someone is hacking a bloody trail throughout the Southeast looking for Arnie's younger brother, a boy with Asperger's Syndrome who possesses an unusual skill with numbers that could make a lot of money and that has already gotten a lot of people killed--and has even more of the deadliest people alive willing to do anything it takes to exploit him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Dane joins in the hunt to find the boy, it swiftly becomes a race against the clock that has Dane entangled in a web of secrets involving everyone from the Filipino Mafia to distrusting federal agents to some of hardest southern outlaws he's ever known.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePanowich, Brian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Brian Panowich is an award winning author, a Georgia firefighter, and a father to four incredible children. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eBull Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize finalist, ITW Thriller Award winner for Best First Novel, Southern Book Prize winner, and a finalist for both the Anthony and the Barry Awards. He lives in Georgia with his family.","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50719301697810,"sku":"9781250779632","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_09a42fce-9db9-4dca-9471-d717fcad96f7.jpg?v=1734664652","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hard-cash-valley-9781250779632","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}