{"product_id":"hot-wax-9781668070024","title":"Hot Wax","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe new novel from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eIf We Were Villains\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGraveyard Shift\u003c\/i\u003e--a vivid and immersive tale of one woman's reckless mission to make sense of the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eevents\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ethat shattered her childhood, and made her who she is.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSummer, 1989: ten-year-old Suzanne is drawn like a magnet to her father's forbidden world of electric guitars and tricked-out cars. When her mother remarries, she jumps at the chance to tag along on the concert tour that just might be Gil and the Kills' wild ride to glory. But fame has sharper fangs than anybody realized, and as the band blazes up the charts, internal power struggles set Gil and his group on a collision course destined for a bloody reckoning--one shrouded in mystery and lore for decades to come. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe only witness to a desperate act of violence, Suzanne spends the next twenty-nine years trying to disappear. She trades the music and mayhem of her youth for the quiet of the suburbs and the company of her mild-mannered husband Rob. But when her father's sudden death resurrects the troubled past she tried so hard to bury, she leaves it all behind and hits the road in search of answers. Hitching her fate and Gil's beloved car to two vagabonds who call an old Airstream trailer home, she finds everything she thought she'd lost forever: desire, adventure, and the woman she once wanted to be. But Rob refuses to let her go. Determined to bring her back where she belongs, he chases her across the country--and drives her to a desperation all her own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrenched in knock-down drag-out rock and roll, \u003ci\u003eHot Wax\u003c\/i\u003e is a raucous, breakneck ride to hell and back--where getting lost might be the only way to find yourself and save your soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eM.L. Rio has been an actor, a bookseller, an academic, and a music writer. She holds an MA in Shakespeare studies and a PhD in English literature. She is the author of the internationally bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eIf We Were Villains, \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novella \u003ci\u003eGraveyard Shift\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHot Wax. \u003c\/i\u003eShe never stays in one place for long, but keeps her books, records, and four-legged sidekick in south Philadelphia.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51589914001682,"sku":"9781668070024","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f88ce95c-5e2e-4ce0-bc63-c9bc8acfe109.jpg?v=1756814076","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hot-wax-9781668070024","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}