{"product_id":"not-the-killing-kind-9781639109678","title":"Not the Killing Kind","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis gripping, high-stakes debut thriller about the lengths mothers will go to protect their children is perfect for fans of Wanda M. Morris and Jess Lourey.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eBoots Marez is a Latina single mother raising a headstrong and sly eighteen-year-old boy she adopted six years ago. She also runs a school that helps the undocumented people in her politically divided town in Northern California. When her son Jaral is jailed for the murder of one of her former students, her world is turned upside down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruggling to protect her son, Boots has to spotlight a community used to living in the shadows, putting her hard work over the years in doubt. Meanwhile, a vicious parents' board wants to trash her ideals and oust her from the school she helped build. As she faces increasing danger to clear her son's name, she must decide how far she is willing to go to bring her son home. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut nothing is as it seems--Jaral has been keeping secrets from her after all. And as she puts the missing pieces together, she will discover a deeper and darker web of lies that has been hiding in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Maria Kelson\u003c\/b\u003e has two collections of poetry (as Maria Melendez) with University of Arizona Press, which were finalists for the PEN Center USA Literary Award and the Colorado Book Award. \u003ci\u003eNot the Killing Kind\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel. It received the inaugural Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Fiction Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA former Santa Fe Arts Institute and Hedgebrook resident, she has given readings and workshops at campuses and literary festivals around the U.S. and served as an American Voices arts envoy in Bogot?, Colombia. Born in Arizona, raised in northern California, she has lived in one southeastern, three midwestern, and five western states. Connect at mariakelson.com.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50875385413906,"sku":"9781639109678","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1cfef8f2-9263-4f22-967c-78c115ff6666.jpg?v=1738286480","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/not-the-killing-kind-9781639109678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}