{"product_id":"the-last-policeman-9781594746741","title":"The Last Policeman","description":"\u003cb\u003eAs Seen on \u003ci\u003eToday with Hoda \u0026amp; Jenna\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A genre-defying blend of crime writing and science fiction.\" -Alexandra Alter, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the 2013 Edgar(R) Award for Best Paperback Original!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat's the point in solving murders if we're all going to die soon, anyway?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There's no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job--but not Hank Palace. He's investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week--except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The first in a trilogy, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Policeman \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace's investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we're confronted by hard questions way beyond \"whodunit.\" \u003ci\u003eWhat basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we \u003c\/i\u003ereally \u003ci\u003edo, if our days were numbered?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen H. Winters\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling, Edgar Award-winning, and Philip K. Dick Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Quiet Boy, Golden State, Underground Airlines\u003c\/i\u003e, the Last Policeman trilogy, and the mash-up novel \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e. Ben has also worked extensively in television; he was a writer on the FX cult hit \u003ci\u003eLegion\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003eManhunt \u003c\/i\u003eon Apple TV+, and he is the creator of the CBS drama \u003ci\u003eTracker.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, three kids, and one large dog.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quirk Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50629056266514,"sku":"9781594746741","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1cdd1b97-bb06-48f1-883f-cb5075e37822.jpg?v=1732719172","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-last-policeman-9781594746741","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}