{"product_id":"the-last-king-of-texas-9780553579918","title":"The Last King of Texas","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMultiple-award-winning author Rick Riordan brings back smart-mouthed Texas P.I. Tres Navarre for his most dangerous case yet. If you think the academic world is deadly dull, you're half right.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When a controversial English professor is found shot to death, Tres Navarre -- P.I. and Ph.D. -- is the only local academic crazy enough to accept the emergency opening at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Police assure him they already have a suspect, so while they wrap up the open-and-shut case, all Tres has to do is teach three classes, grade on a curve ... and walk in a dead man's shoes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It should be an easy assignment -- but one thing Tres doesn't do is easy. When the evidence in the case starts looking a little too perfect, when the killing doesn't stop, Tres takes on some extracurricular research into the heart of an assassin -- and lands in a high-stakes game of gangster honor on the darkest streets of San Antonio's West Side.... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss any of these hotter-than-Texas-chili Tres Navarre novels: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eBIG RED TEQUILA - THE WIDOWER'S TWO-STEP - THE LAST KING OF TEXAS - THE DEVIL WENT DOWN TO AUSTIN - SOUTHTOWN - MISSION ROAD - REBEL ISLAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRick Riordan is the author of six previous Tres Navarre novels--\u003cb\u003eBig Red Tequila\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Shamus and Anthony Awards; \u003cb\u003eThe Widower's Two-Step\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Edgar Award; \u003cb\u003eThe Last King of Texas\u003c\/b\u003e; \u003cb\u003eThe Devil Went Down to Austin; Southtown; and Mission Road\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of the acclaimed thriller \u003cb\u003eCold Springs\u003c\/b\u003e and the young adult novel \u003ci\u003eThe Lightning Thief\u003c\/i\u003e. Rick Riordan lives with his family in San Antonio, Texas.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914069479698,"sku":"9780553579918","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6ab86c5f-a692-46a6-bc8f-d2661b7cc60c.jpg?v=1738804121","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-king-of-texas-9780553579918","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}