{"product_id":"the-way-of-all-fish-9781476723976","title":"The Way of All Fish","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn \"absurdly amusing\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) sequel to Martha Grimes's bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eFoul Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, this wicked satire of the publishing industry is \"comic, caustic, and relentlessly readable\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriter Cindy Sella is having trouble with her new novel. Aside from her paralyzing writer's block, she's faced with a lawsuit from her ex-agent, L. Bass Hess. Hess will stop at nothing to collect a commission from Cindy on her previous novel, which he did not represent since she had fired him long before it was published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHitmen Candy and Karl--first introduced in \u003ci\u003eFoul Matter\u003c\/i\u003e--are asked to \"get rid\" of L. Bass Hess. They join forces with a publishing mogul, a bestselling author, an out-of-work Vegas magician, an alligator wrangler, a glamorous Malaysian con lady, and Hess's aunt in the Everglades who has undergone a wildly successful sex change, and concoct a plan to save Cindy Sella from the odious machinations of Hess by driving him (slowly, hilariously) crazy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGrimes's fans will delight in the return of several colorful characters from \u003ci\u003eFoul Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eincluding\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eSenior Editor Clive Esterhaus, unprincipled publisher Bobby Mackenzie, and ex-mobster and author Danny Zito, currently under the witness protection program. New readers will find that these characters and their escapades shed an amusing light on the New York publishing scene. Informed and influenced by the author's own publishing adventures, \"\u003ci\u003eThe Way of All Fish\u003c\/i\u003e is a goofily offbeat delight\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrimes, Martha:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Bestselling author Martha Grimes is the author of more than thirty books, including twenty-two Richard Jury mysteries. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eDouble Double\u003c\/i\u003e, a dual memoir of alcoholism written with her son. The winner of the 2012 Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Award, Grimes lives in Bethesda, Maryland.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492596420882,"sku":"9781476723976","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2cfe44d1-d9c0-4c01-84be-b67d1c8394d3.jpg?v=1730598545","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-way-of-all-fish-9781476723976","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}