{"product_id":"red-house-9781604864021","title":"Red House","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst she was a beat cop, then she was unemployed. Now, Kenneth Wishnia's dynamic Filomena Buscarsela has apprenticed herself to a New York City PI firm to put in the three years necessary to get her own PI license, which she needs to earn enough money to support herself and her daughter. Trouble is, she often agrees to take on sticky neighborhood cases pro bono--like the group of squatters restoring an abandoned building in the neighborhood--rather than handle the big-bucks clients her bosses would prefer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile helping out her more \"senior\" colleagues with her own superior investigative techniques bred from years on the beat, Fil agrees to look into the disappearance of a young immigrant. Then, witnessing the arrest of a neighbor on marijuana-possession charges that nearly turns into a shoot-out with the police, Fil is roped into finding out what went wrong. Trying to balance charity cases like these with bread-and-butter cases, not to mention single motherhood, Fil is quickly in over her head dodging bullish cops, aggressive businessmen, and corrupt landlords in their working-class Queens neighborhood. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfter years of policing and backstreet bloodhounding, Filomena Buscarsela is apprenticing to earn her own private investigator's license. She pours on her Spanish, her clever tricks, and her battle-tested charms to uncover a labyrinth of deceit, racial prejudice, and impenetrable bureaucracy that not only rocks her neighborhood but also threatens the foundation of the big red house that is this PI's America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenneth Wishnia \u003c\/b\u003eis an associate professor of English at Suffolk Community College and the author of the Filomena Buscarsela Mystery series, the first of which was nominated for both the Edgar and the Anthony Awards, and made the \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best First Mystery\" list. He is also the author five other novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Fifth Servant\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives on Long Island. \u003cb\u003eAlison Gaylin\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eAnd She Was\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHeartless\u003c\/i\u003e; the Edgar Award-nominated \u003ci\u003eHide Your Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eTrashed\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e You Kill Me\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PM Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50855961329938,"sku":"9781604864021","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e35b0e4d-0250-47e9-9881-f80cd357b17c.jpg?v=1737490569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/red-house-9781604864021","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}