{"product_id":"third-rail-an-eddy-harkness-novel-9780544483927","title":"Third Rail: An Eddy Harkness Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThird Rail \u003c\/em\u003egets off to a ripping start and never lets off the gas. Rory Flynn is a suspense writer to watch.\"--Jess Walter, author of the best-selling \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Harvard-educated Eddy Harkness was a rising star in an elite Boston Police Department narcotics unit--until he was blamed for the death of a Red Sox fan in the chaotic aftermath of a World Series win. Scapegoated and exiled, Harkness now empties parking meters in the sleepy town of Nagog while struggling to clear his name. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Then one night his police-issued Glock disappears. Unable to report the theft, he starts a secret search--just as a string of fatal accidents leads him to uncover a dangerous new smart drug, Third Rail. With only a plastic gun to protect him, Harkness begins a high-stakes investigation that leads him into the top levels of Boston's power base, where politicians and criminals intertwine to deadly effect. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Glows with the kind of sawdust-dry humor regarding Beantown, cops, and the darkest of urban underbellies that you might find at 3 a.m. in the back booth of a backstreet bar . . . With its gaggle of crazy-yet-riveting characters, its spare approach, and its unflagging action, \u003cem\u003eThird Rail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e, \u003c\/em\u003e the first in a promised series of Eddy Harkness novels, adds yet another striking feather to [Flynn's] impressively crowded cap.\" --\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Terrific debut . . . impressive economy and stylish, sophisticated prose . . . Readers will want to see more of Flynn's gritty Boston--and Eddy Harkness.\"\u003cem\u003e--Publishers Weekly, \u003c\/em\u003e starred review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRORY FLYNN lives with his family in Concord, Massachusetts. \u003ci\u003eThird Rail\u003c\/i\u003e is his first crime novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harper Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985404756242,"sku":"9780544483927","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_319c0b92-fe1f-4a25-89c9-11a19953931b.jpg?v=1769533476","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/third-rail-an-eddy-harkness-novel-9780544483927","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}