{"product_id":"hard-rain-9781250322777","title":"Hard Rain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Tony Hillerman Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003ePay Dirt Road\u003c\/i\u003e comes \u003ci\u003eHard Rain, \u003c\/i\u003e Samantha Jayne Allen's mesmerizing next novel set in a hardscrabble Texas town dealing with disaster. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn shock and found clinging to a tree branch, Bethany Richter is pulled from thrashing floodwaters that have decimated the town of Garnett, Texas and killed a dozen others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSix months after solving the murder of a local waitress, Annie McIntyre is working as an apprentice P.I. when she's handed her first solo case: uncover the identity of the man who rescued Bethany before he was swept downriver. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Annie's search turns up a different victim--shot dead, not drowned--Annie questions if the hero they seek is actually a killer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFlexing her new skills while relying on the wisdom of her eccentric, ex-cop grandfather, the case leads Annie into a web of drug dealers, preachers, and wayward drifters trying to make sense of life after a disaster. Annie's own convictions are put to the ultimate test as long-held secrets, corruption, and violence are exposed like the ruin that lies beneath receding waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAMANTHA JAYNE ALLEN has an MFA in fiction from Texas State University. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Common\u003c\/i\u003e, and Electric Literature. Raised in small towns in Texas and California, she now lives with her husband and daughter in Atlanta. \u003ci\u003eHard Rain\u003c\/i\u003e is her second novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644773929234,"sku":"9781250322777","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_50a78fdd-1398-430f-928d-288dc75adf1f.jpg?v=1733125474","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hard-rain-9781250322777","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}