{"product_id":"jacks-boys-9798228569577","title":"Jack's Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom #1 internationally bestselling author John Katzenbach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive serial killers ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKnown only to each other as: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlpha. Bravo. Charlie. Delta. Easy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConnected through a secure internet location, encrypted and concealed, a unique chat room they have named Jack's Special Place in homage to their ultimate model--the one killer they hold in the highest esteem: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhitechapel, London. 1888. The infamous murderer remembered in dark history as Jack the Ripper. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd so, they are Jack's Boys\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey delight in each other's crimes. They relish in taunting police around the world with odd clues and deep confusion--the modern version of the Victorian-era killer they emulate. While the original Jack sent letters to Fleet Street papers, they send pictures and online boasts and insults. In this fashion, they feed on each other's killings, a private community of death. Arrogant. Conceited. Untouchable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr so they thought.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUntil one day they are hacked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo teenagers, lying on their bed at home. Boyfriend and girlfriend. Slightly disaffected, each with their own issues--but deeply in young love and equally fascinated by the world of the dark web, where they accidentally stumble upon Jack's Boys in their private space ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhom they immediately mock.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis triggers a landslide of anger and revenge as the killers decide to teach the two teenagers a lesson in humility and respect for their betters. And caught up in this web of death are the teenage boy's grandmother and grandfather--an ICU nurse and a former college admissions counselor with his own hidden, murderous history, an ex-Marine, Viet vet, still haunted by his time in that conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the five killers emerge from their shadows, this odd band of young and old will have to find a way to expose them. Or defeat them. Or save their own lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKatzenbach, John:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJohn Katzenbach\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of such novels as the Edgar Award-nominated \u003cem\u003eIn the Heat of the Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, which was adapted for the screen as \u003cem\u003eThe Mean Season\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Traveler\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eDay of Reckoning\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eJust Cause\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHart's War\u003c\/em\u003e, which were also made into movies; \u003cem\u003eThe Shadow Man\u003c\/em\u003e, another Edgar nominee; \u003cem\u003eState of Mind\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Analyst\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eThe Madman's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e. Katzenbach has been a criminal court reporter for the \u003cem\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMiami News\u003c\/em\u003e and a featured writer for the\u003cem\u003e Herald\u003c\/em\u003e's\u003cem\u003e Tropic\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. He lives in Western Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160157778194,"sku":"9798228569577","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ef360595-7357-4544-8150-c8062bfaa097.jpg?v=1775038209","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/jacks-boys-9798228569577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}