{"product_id":"dead-land-9781473624481","title":"Dead Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A novel full of surprises...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt''s vintage Paretsky, and hard to put down'' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed Top 10 Thriller of 2020 by \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChicago is the city of broad shoulders, but V.I. Warshawski knows its politics: Pay to Play. Money changes hands in the middle of the night; by morning, buildings and parks have been replaced by billion-dollar projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrivate investigator V.I. gets pulled into one of these clandestine deals when her impetuous goddaughter Bernie tries to rescue a famed singer-songwriter, now living on the streets. Thanks to Bernie, V.I. finds herself in the path of some developers whose negotiating strategy is simple: they bulldoze - or kill - any obstacle in their way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuestions pile up almost as fast as the dead bodies. When she tries to answer them, the detective finds a terrifying conspiracy stretching from Chicago''s parks to a cover-up of the dark chapters in the Amer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel \u003cb\u003efull of surprises\u003c\/b\u003e... It's \u003cb\u003evintage Paretsky\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ehard to put down\u003c\/b\u003e * The Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eanother triumph\u003c\/b\u003e for V I Warshawski * Anna Giles, Bookwitch *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739514450263,"sku":"9781473624481","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473624481.jpg?v=1720052455","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dead-land-9781473624481","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}