{"product_id":"chasing-a-blond-moon-9781493059157","title":"Chasing a Blond Moon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStrange things are happening to the black bears of the Upper Peninsula. Grady Service is stumped until a Korean-born professor is murdered by cyanide-laced figs that contain two freeze-dried bear gall bladders. Sexy and suspenseful, Chasing a Blond Moon also introduces a new twist in Grady's personal life: he meets a son he never knew he had. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Once again, Grady Service, the hard-boiled conservation officer of this superb series set in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, has a weird case on his hands. Strange things are happening to the black bear population. Grady Service can't pin the phenomenon on anyone or anything until a Korean-born professor from Michigan Tech is murdered by cyanide-laced figsand two freeze-dried bear gall bladders are found among the figs. Service is certain that poachers are at work, killing bears to fuel the Asian market for traditional medicines. The animal-parts market is highly organized, and its practitioners are ruthless and dangerous. Grady's nemesis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Top-notch action scenes, engaging characters both major and minor, masterful dialogue and a passionate sense of place make this a fine series.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \"This is a tightly written mystery\/crime novel...which offers a nice balance between belly laughs, head-scratching plot lines and the real grit of modern police work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Petersen's Hunting\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Heywood takes the reader right along through Michigan's Upper Peninsula. His love for the land, and its animals, shines through the book. And you have to love a story whose action slows when the hero is called to a moose-vehicle collision.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Gracie Gregg, Times Record News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Mr. Heywood has crafted an entertaining bunch of characters, highly eccentric and in some cases lovable, and set them in the Upper Peninsula wilderness [of Michigan], where independence is a byword and fast action is inevitable. An absorbing narrative twists and turns in a setting ripe for the corruption that inevitably occurs when obscene profits encounter a simpler way of life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Laurie Trimble, The Dallas Morning News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885874065751,"sku":"9781493059157","price":7.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781493059157.jpg?v=1722538002","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chasing-a-blond-moon-9781493059157","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}