{"product_id":"the-gulf-9780063284128","title":"The Gulf","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Exquisite and gripping. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Gulf\u003c\/em\u003e is a page turner to be savored; Cochran is a master of both prose and plot.\"--Ilana Masad, author of \u003cem\u003eAll My Mother's Lovers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this electrifying debut literary thriller, set on the gulf coast of Texas in the 1970s at the height of the women's liberation movement, a closeted young woman attempts to solve her surrogate mother's murder in a tight-knit, religious small town.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Parson, Texas, a small town ravaged by a devastating hurricane and the Vietnam War, twenty-nine-year-old Lou is diligently renovating a decaying old mansion for Miss Kate, the elderly neighbor who has always been like a mother to her. Mourning her brother's death in Vietnam, Lou dreams of enjoying a more peaceful future in Parson. But those hopes are crushed when Miss Kate is murdered, and no one but Lou seems to care about finding the killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe situation becomes complicated when Joanna, Miss Kate's long-estranged daughter and Lou's first love, arrives in Parson--not to learn more about her mother's death but for the house. Her arrival unearths sinister secrets involving the history of the town and its residents . . . revelations that may be the key to helping Lou discover the truth about Miss Kate's death and her killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gorgeously written, gripping story of forbidden love and devastating secrets that is a surprising twist on the traditional small-town story, \u003cem\u003eThe Gulf\u003c\/em\u003e is a riveting and unsettling mystery that holds up a mirror to the values--and failures--of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50706332746002,"sku":"9780063284128","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_26e60515-9893-46df-a98d-2c6bcc9943e6.jpg?v=1734490131","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-gulf-9780063284128","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}