{"product_id":"2940011183805","title":"Rivercity","description":"\u003cp\u003eFifteen minutes into the future, a hot, dry summer in Hull: Coates, a researcher and investigator, is hired to trace the whereabouts of missing adolescent Dominic Russell.\u003cbr\u003eIs he the latest in a number of gruesome blood-letting murders attributed to the city’s “Marginals” that exist somewhere in the underbelly of the population?\u003cbr\u003eThat’s what the Police say, but it’s not what the boy’s mother believes - and as Coates digs deeper into that underbelly he discovers that Dominic’s disappearance is just a tiny part of a much bigger story: one that will bring his world crashing down and endanger all those around him...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRivercity is a book that can be read at many levels, weaving a main plot - a clear homage to the “noir” detective genre - with a vampire story and a myriad of strands about perception and reality, human nature, signs, superstitions, the history of Hull, aesthetics, the occult and political expediency. Above all it is a novel about philosophy and the nature of truth and knowledge in the electronic age.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gareth Bouch","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173078122736,"sku":"2940011183805","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011183805_p0.jpg?v=1763547988","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011183805","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}