{"product_id":"the-lemur-9780312428082","title":"The Lemur","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new thriller from the Booker Prize-winning and Edgar-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Swan\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Glass's life in New York should be plenty comfortable. He's given up his career as a journalist to write an authorized biography of his father-in-law, communications magnate and former CIA agent Big Bill Mulholland. He works in a big office in Mulholland Tower, rent-free, and goes home (most nights) to his wealthy and well-preserved wife, Wild Bill's daughter. He misses his old life sometimes, but all in all things have turned out well. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when his shifty young researcher--a man he calls \"The Lemur\"--turns up some unflattering information about the family, Glass's whole easy existence is threatened. Then the young man is murdered, and it's up to Glass to find out what The Lemur knew, and who killed him, before any secrets come out--and before any other bodies appear. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShifting from 1950s Dublin to contemporary New York, the masterful crime writer Benjamin Black returns in this standalone thriller--a story of family secrets so deep, and so dangerous, that anyone might kill to keep them hidden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBenjamin Black\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of John Banville, who was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. His novels have won numerous awards, mostly recently the Man Booker Prize in 2005 for \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e. Under the name Benjamin Black he is also the author of \u003ci\u003eChristine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Falls\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Silver Swan\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491674755346,"sku":"9780312428082","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bea6335b-461b-4c8e-80e4-8bd2db226b2e.jpg?v=1730548270","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lemur-9780312428082","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}