{"product_id":"runaway-justice-9781542025522","title":"Runaway Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAttorney David Adams is the last hope for an adolescent runaway being targeted by an assassin and sought by the FBI in a breath-catching novel by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAn Unequal Defense\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving abandoned corporate law, David Adams is now the voice of justice for the city of Austin's vulnerable outcasts. His new client is Parker Barnes, a trembling twelve-year-old runaway and foster-care poster boy arrested for petty theft. Dealt a rough hand in life, he reminds David of his own childhood. This should be a simple, if heartbreakingly familiar, case. Until the FBI muscles in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParker is also a suspect in the murder of a federal witness. No matter how desperate Parker's denial, David fears there's so much more to the kid's hard-luck story than he's letting on. Especially when a hit man sends the boy running to the only safe place he knows: the streets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith both the feds and a killer on Parker's trail, the hunt is on. Teaming up with a pro bono investigator and utilizing his reliable band of street-savvy friends, David must find Parker first if he's to save the boy from an undeserved fate. And maybe even save himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZunker, Chad:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eChad Zunker is the author of the David Adams legal thriller \u003ci\u003eAn Equal Justice\u003c\/i\u003e, which was nominated for the 2020 Harper Lee Prize for Legal Fiction. He also penned its sequel, \u003ci\u003eAn Unequal Defense\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tracker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShadow Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHunt the Lion\u003c\/i\u003e in the Sam Callahan series. He studied journalism at the University of Texas, where he was also on the football team. Chad has worked for some of the country's most powerful law firms and has also invented baby products that are sold all over the world. He lives in Austin with his wife, Katie, and their three daughters and is hard at work on his next novel. For more information, visit www.chadzunker.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas \u0026 Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50376736637202,"sku":"9781542025522","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c2b7ffc-702e-415c-b8a1-e726aa9f1984.jpg?v=1728605728","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/runaway-justice-9781542025522","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}