{"product_id":"only-by-death-9780764234729","title":"Only by Death","description":"Is Liam Berne a loving son--or a murderer? The second book in the Ozark Mountain Trilogy, \u003ci\u003eOnly by Death\u003c\/i\u003e is a thought-provoking suspense story of a man who loses everything and learns he must die to find life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter much agonizing, Liam Berne takes his mother, who has Alzheimer's, to the Sure Foot River and drowns her. A mercy killing, he tells himself, to spare her years in a nursing home. And getting his inheritance early isn't a bad thing either.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDixie Berne's body is recovered and the coroner cannot find any sign of foul play, though Liam's sister isn't convinced. Then Liam hears rumors that a twelve-year-old boy has witnessed the drowning. Terrified that he will be discovered, Liam sets out to intimidate the boy into silence. Little does Liam know that someone else suspects him--someone who intends to make him pay.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBestselling suspense novelist \u003cb\u003eKathy Herman\u003c\/b\u003e (www.kathyherman.com)\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ehas written twenty novels--including \u003ci\u003eNot by Sight\u003c\/i\u003e, the Sophie Trace trilogy, and the Secrets of the Roux River Bayou Series--since retiring from her family's Christian retail store in Tyler, Texas. She and her late husband, Paul, have three grown children. Kathy now lives in the Pacific Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bethany House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50412992463122,"sku":"9780764234729","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d37e4206-4d93-4e32-ac79-6eee26422946.jpg?v=1729338212","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/only-by-death-9780764234729","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}