{"product_id":"like-it-never-happened-9781639106998","title":"Like It Never Happened","description":"\u003cb\u003eDecades ago, four friends concealed a deadly secret-but not all lies stay buried in this psychological suspense for fans of Ashley Winstead and Alison Gaylin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years ago, Tommy, Malcolm, Henry, and Kevin were best friends graduating high school, brothers almost, until the night they did something terrible. The decision to keep hidden what they did in that parking lot shattered their friendship and warped their lives. But when Kevin, struggling with a heroin addiction, drives his motorcycle into the side of a truck, the other three find themselves together again--at Kevin's funeral. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen they meet Kevin's wife Naomi at the wake, they can tell that she knows everything, and when they learn that she's a reporter, they're terrified. When she sends them to visit one of their victims from that night--at the nursing home where he's been suffering for decades--they do as they're told, even though they know it won't stop there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter watching her husband pay a steep price for keeping the friends' secret, Naomi has crafted a plan to make Tommy, Malcolm, and Henry pay their fair share. When the three men decide to fight back, they're forced to decide just how far they'll go this time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeff Hoffmann's\u003c\/b\u003e debut novel was \u003ci\u003eOther People's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, and his writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Booth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarpur Palate\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e. He was the winner of the \u003ci\u003eMadison Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction and a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eMissouri Review\u003c\/i\u003e's Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize. He is a passionate proponent of the Oxford comma, a mediocre men's league hockey player, and a fair-weather fan of the Chicago Blackhawks. He was born and raised in St. Louis and now lives in Elmhurst, Illinois, with his wife and two children.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50615655956754,"sku":"9781639106998","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0b67df5c-5e04-4202-812c-74e9ebfbaadc.jpg?v=1732497958","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/like-it-never-happened-9781639106998","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}