{"product_id":"snake-bit-9798231885718","title":"Snake Bit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Cold-blooded killer\" takes on new meaning when a small Southern community is rocked by a series of murders with deadly snakes as lethal weapons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilson Barnes is retreating from the mean streets of Miami to his rural hometown on the North Carolina coast, reporting to work as a detective for a former friend, now the local sheriff, and seeking a simpler existence. Turns out things aren't small-town quiet as Barnes and a reluctant partner find themselves immersed in a series of grisly deaths involving poisonous snakes as fanged accomplices of a devious killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarter, Gary E.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eGary Carter is the author of two previous novels, \u003cem\u003eNot Dark Yet\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEliot's Tale\u003c\/em\u003e. Based in North Carolina, his poetry and short fiction have appeared in \u003cem\u003eNashville Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSky Island Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDeep South Magazine, Real South\/West, Steel Toe Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSanta Barbara Literary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDead Mule\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDelta Poetry Review \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMain Street Rag\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Photo: Nick King\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Back Nine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51572268990738,"sku":"9798231885718","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c41cb121-1b86-439f-baf9-372db7776b0f.jpg?v=1755858317","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/snake-bit-9798231885718","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}