{"product_id":"the-wheel-of-doll-9780316288156","title":"The Wheel of Doll","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this second installment of a series characterized by \"offbeat humor and unflinching violence\" (\u003ci\u003eNTYBR)\u003c\/i\u003e, the eponymous and hapless detective Happy Doll returns with a new philosophy and a new case; \"Hard-boiled PI fiction set in the present doesn't get much better.\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, STARRED)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003eShamus Award Winner for Best PI Hardcover Novel \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003c\/p\u003e Although badly scarred and down to his last kidney after the previous caper, Happy Doll is back in business. When a beguiling young woman turns up at his door, it's Doll's past that comes knocking. Mary DeAngelo is searching for her estranged mother, Ines Candle--a singular and troubled woman Doll once loved. The last he'd seen her she'd been near-death: arms slit like envelopes. Although she survived the episode, she vanished shortly thereafter. Now, years later, Mary claims Ines is alive and has recently made contact--messaging her on Facebook and calling her from a burner phone--only to disappear once again. Although his psychoanalyst would discourage it, Doll takes the case, desperate to see Ines again. But as the investigation deepens, there are questions he can't shake. What's led the flighty Ines to reappear? Is Mary only relaying half the truth? And who is Mary's strange and mysterious husband? \u003cbr\u003e In this wholly original follow-up to \u003ci\u003eA Man Named Doll\u003c\/i\u003e, Happy travels through L.A., Washington, Oregon and back again--a journey that gets wilder and woolier with each turn. An irreverent and inventive mystery, \u003ci\u003eThe Wheel of Doll\u003c\/i\u003e is not to be missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJonathan Ames \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003eI Pass Like Night\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Extra Man\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWhat's Not to Love?\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eMy Less Than Secret Life\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWake Up, Sir!\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eI Love You More Than You Know\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Alcoholic\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Double Life Is Twice as Good, \u003c\/i\u003e and most recently, \u003ci\u003eYou Were Never Really Here \u003c\/i\u003e(adapted into the acclaimed film starring Joaquin Phoenix). He's the creator of two television series, \u003ci\u003eBlunt Talk\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBored to Death\u003c\/i\u003e, and has had two amateur boxing matches, fighting as \"The Herring Wonder.\"\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mulholland Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50508127666450,"sku":"9780316288156","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bced2a47-cf6c-41c7-ad51-005e0637f6c4.jpg?v=1730873313","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-wheel-of-doll-9780316288156","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}