{"product_id":"johnny-careless-9781250355102","title":"Johnny Careless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fast-moving classic crime novel\" (John Sandford) crafted by the veteran screenwriter and showrunner for the acclaimed police procedural series \u003ci\u003eBlue Bloods, Johnny Careless\u003c\/i\u003e is Kevin Wade's razor-sharp debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolice Chief Jeep Mullane has been bounced back home to Long Island's North Shore by a heartbreaking case that both earned him his NYPD detective's shield and burned him out of the Job. Now heading up a small local police department, he finds himself navigating the same geography he did growing up there as the son of an NYPD cop. Jeep is a \"have-not\" among the glittering \"haves,\" a sharp-witted, down-to-earth man in a territory defined and ruled by multigenerational wealth and power and the daunting tribal codes and customs that come with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the corpse of Jeep's childhood friend Johnny Chambliss--born into privilege and known as \"Johnny Careless\" for his reckless, golden-boy antics--surfaces in the Bayville waters, past collides with present, and Jeep is pulled into a treacherous web. He is challenged by Johnny's wealthy and secretive family and his beautiful, enigmatic ex-wife as he untangles a knotted mystery fraught with theft, corrupt local moguls, and decades-old secrets, all while grappling with his own deep-seated grief for his lost pal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fast-paced story, \u003ci\u003eJohnny Careless\u003c\/i\u003e \"combines grit and wit in a way that conjures Donald Westlake or Robert Parker in full stride\" (Carl Hiassen).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin Wade \u003c\/b\u003eis a playwright, screenwriter, and television writer and producer whose credits include the stage plays \u003ci\u003eKey Exchange, Mr. \u0026amp; Mrs., \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCruise Control\u003c\/i\u003e, and the screenplays for \u003ci\u003eWorking Girl \u003c\/i\u003e(seven Academy Award nominations), \u003ci\u003eTrue Colors, Mr. Baseball, Junior, Meet Joe Black, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMaid in Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e. For television, he created the ABC television drama \u003ci\u003eCashmere Mafia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand in 2010 joined the rookie CBS drama \u003ci\u003eBlue Bloods\u003c\/i\u003e as a writer. Starting with the second season and for the rest of the show's fourteen year-run, Wade served as its showrunner, executive producer, and back-seat driver.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Celadon Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51187501728018,"sku":"9781250355102","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4ab441c9-d0ab-4ba4-81dd-b575a342322a.jpg?v=1769532523","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/johnny-careless-9781250355102","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}