{"product_id":"the-girl-next-door-a-mystery-9781250013408","title":"The Girl Next Door: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrad Parks's smart-mouthed, quick-witted reporter returns in \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e--another action-packed entry in his award-winning series, written with an unforgettable mix of humor and suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReading his own newspaper's obituaries, veteran reporter Carter Ross comes across that of a woman named Nancy Marino, who was the victim of a hit-and-run while she was on the job delivering copies of that very paper, the \u003ci\u003eEagle-Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e. Struck by the opportunity to write a heroic piece about an everyday woman killed too young, he heads to her wake to gather tributes and anecdotes. It's the last place Ross expects to find controversy--which is exactly what happens when one of Nancy's sisters convinces him that the accident might not have been accidental at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt turns out that the kind and generous Nancy may have made a few enemies, starting with her boss at the diner where she was a part-time waitress, and even including the publisher of the \u003ci\u003eEagle-Examiner\u003c\/i\u003e. Carter's investigation of this seemingly simple story soon has him in big trouble with his full-time editor and sometime girlfriend, Tina Thompson, not to mention the rest of his bosses at the paper, but he can't let it go--the story is just too good, and it keeps getting better. But will his nose for trouble finally take him too far?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBRAD PARKS is the first author to win both the Shamus Award and the Nero Award for Best American Mystery for his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eFaces of the Gone\u003c\/i\u003e. A former reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe [Newark] Star-Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in Virginia, and \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Next Door\u003c\/i\u003e is his third novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50414814134546,"sku":"9781250013408","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_dc84439d-2fad-46b0-8304-76b8b2bff094.jpg?v=1729386163","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-girl-next-door-a-mystery-9781250013408","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}