{"product_id":"standing-dead-9781639102440","title":"Standing Dead","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom critically acclaimed, master thriller author Margaret Mizushima, comes the eighth installment of the award-winning Timber Creek K-9 mysteries.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Tense and satisfying,\" (JA Jance) \u003ci\u003eStanding Dead \u003c\/i\u003eis the perfect read for fans of CJ Box and \u003ci\u003eLongmire\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeputy Mattie Cobb and her sister, Julia, travel to Mexico to visit their mother, but when they arrive, they discover that she and her husband have vanished without a trace. Back in Timber Creek, Mattie finds a chilling note on her front door telling her to look for \"him\" among the standing dead up in the high country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe sheriff's department springs into action and sends a team to the mountains, where Mattie's K-9 partner, Robo, makes a grisly discovery--a body tied to a dead pine tree. Mattie is shocked when she realizes she knows the dead man. And then another note arrives, warning that Mattie's mother is in desperate straits. In a last-ditch gambit, Mattie must go deep undercover into a killer's lair to save her mother--or die trying.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargaret Mizushima\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the award-winning and internationally published Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries. She serves as president for the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Mystery Writers of America, was elected the 2019 Writer of the Year by Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and is also a member of Northern Colorado Writers, Sisters in Crime, Pikes Peak Writers, and Women Writing the West. She lives in Colorado on a small ranch with her veterinarian husband where they raised two daughters and a multitude of animals. She can be found on Facebook\/AuthorMargaretMizushima, Twitter @margmizu, Instagram at margmizu, and her website at www.margaretmizushima.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50718797496594,"sku":"9781639102440","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b5e6fa05-17e4-4337-a2a4-3f004fb293c9.jpg?v=1734650700","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/standing-dead-9781639102440","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}