{"product_id":"land-of-shadows-a-detective-elouise-norton-novel-9780765336378","title":"Land of Shadows: A Detective Elouise Norton Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fresh voice in crime fiction. Fast, funny, heartbreaking and wise...Elouise Norton is the best new character you'll meet this year.\" --Lee Child, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, on Rachel Howzell Hall's \u003ci\u003eLand of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the ever-changing border of gentrifying Los Angeles, seventeen-year-old Monique Darson is found dead at a condominium construction site, hanging in the closet of an unfinished unit. Homicide detective Elouise \"Lou\" Norton's new partner, Colin Taggert, fresh from the comparatively bucolic Colorado Springs police department, assumes it's a teenage suicide. Lou isn't buying the easy explanation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor one thing, the condo site is owned by Napoleon Crase, a self-made millionaire. . .and the man who may have murdered Lou's missing sister, Tori, thirty years ago. As Lou investigates the death of Monique Darson, she uncovers undeniable links between the two cases. But her department is skeptical. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLou is convinced that when she solves Monique's case she will finally bring her lost sister home. But as she gets closer to the truth, she also gets closer to a violent killer. After all this time, can he be brought to justice. . .before Lou becomes his next victim? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Gives voice to a rare figure in crime fiction: a highly complex, fully imagined black female detective.\" - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review on \u003ci\u003eTrail of Echoes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRachel Howzell Hall writes the acclaimed Lou Norton series, including \u003ci\u003eLand of Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkies of Ash\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTrail of Echoes\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCity of Saviors\u003c\/i\u003e, and is also the co-author of \u003ci\u003eThe Good Sister \u003c\/i\u003ewith James Patterson, which was included in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Family Lawyer\u003c\/i\u003e. She is on the board of directors for Mystery Writers of America, and lives in Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Forge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413003407634,"sku":"9780765336378","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8bcb7970-ff2a-4841-a7c4-ff76847531bc.jpg?v=1729339092","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/land-of-shadows-a-detective-elouise-norton-novel-9780765336378","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}