{"product_id":"pay-dirt-road-9781250882929","title":"Pay Dirt Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eMare of Easttown\u003c\/i\u003e in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private investigator searching for a missing waitress. \u003ci\u003ePay Dirt Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the mesmerizing debut from the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Samantha Jayne Allen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie McIntyre has a love\/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently graduated from college and home waitressing, lacking not in ambition but certainly in direction, Annie is lured into the family business--a private investigation firm--by her supposed-to-be-retired grandfather, Leroy, despite the rest of the clan's misgivings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a waitress at the café goes missing, Annie and Leroy begin an investigation that leads them down rural routes and haunted byways, to noxious-smelling oil fields and to the glowing neon of local honky-tonks. As Annie works to uncover the truth she finds herself identifying with the victim in increasing, unsettling ways, and realizes she must confront her own past--failed romances, a disturbing experience she'd rather forget, and the trick mirror of nostalgia itself--if she wants to survive this homecoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSAMANTHA JAYNE ALLEN has an MFA in fiction from Texas State University. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Common\u003c\/i\u003e, and Electric Literature. Raised in small towns in Texas and California, she now lives with her husband in Atlanta. \u003ci\u003ePay Dirt Road\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50644718453010,"sku":"9781250882929","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8578394-ea34-4f37-9de7-9e06ac67f853.jpg?v=1744218510","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pay-dirt-road-9781250882929","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}