{"product_id":"robert-b-parkers-blackjack-9781101982525","title":"Robert B. Parker's Blackjack","description":"\u003cb\u003eItinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch return in the gritty new installment of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppaloosa, the hometown of Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch, continues to prosper, but with prosperity comes a slew of new trouble: carpetbaggers, gamblers, migrants, peddlers, drifters, thieves, and whores, all boiling in a cauldron of excess and greed. And there's a new menace in town: a wealthy, handsome easterner--and the owner of Appaloosa's new casino--Boston Bill Black. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoston Bill is flashy and bigger than life. He's a prankster and a notorious womanizer, and with eight notches on the handle of his Colt, he's rumored quick on the draw. When he finds himself wanted for a series of murders, he quickly vanishes. Cole and Hitch locate and arrest him, but Boston Bill escapes once again. Another murder sets the duo on his trail, eventually taking them back to Appaloosa--where one woman in particular may, or may not, prove to be the apple of Boston Bill's eye.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert B. Parker \u003c\/b\u003ewas the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring Police Chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eRobert Knott \u003c\/b\u003eis an actor, writer, and producer, as well as the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers \u003ci\u003eRobert B. Parker's The Bridge, Robert B. Parker's Bull River, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRobert B. Parker's Ironhorse.\u003c\/i\u003e His extensive list of stage, television, and film credits include the feature film \u003ci\u003eAppaloosa\u003c\/i\u003e, based on the Robert B. Parker novel, which he adapted and produced with actor and producer Ed Harris.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"G.P. Putnam's Sons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52103647887634,"sku":"9781101982525","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_681e3cc7-3600-4a82-9071-3fcb4b255ceb.jpg?v=1773150843","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/robert-b-parkers-blackjack-9781101982525","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}