{"product_id":"2940044977471","title":"Bad August","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat the critics say about Bad August:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...one of the two best first novels (of the year)... Joe Noonan is a gem... characters you'll want to meet again -- and soon. Hearn's writing is effortless, and although it may have been a bad August for Joe Noonan, his story is a delight for a reader in any month.\u003cbr\u003e— Robert J. Randisi, for The Orlando Sentinel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"...an engaging private eye caper... The slimy horror behind the missing-person case is leavened by Noonan's comical barroom tussle with a third-rate mobster and by the wonderful New York City ambience. The engrossing Ross Macdonald-like plot and the believable characters make this (Bad August) a one-sitting read.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Booklist\u003cbr\u003e\"...more idiosyncratic characters than even a juggler can shake a stick at.... Compelling.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Charles Willeford, author of Miami Blues, reviewing for The Miami Herald.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Private eye Joe Noonan fancies himself a modern-day Sam Spade... Hearn has managed to capture the essence of the hard-boiled mystery novel.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Publisher's Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Plainly appealing hard-boiled debut... leanly streetwise, likeably unforced.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"New York P.I. Joe Noonan is one of the great characters, and sadly, there are only two adventures.\"\u003cbr\u003e— Gary Warren Niebuhr in P.I. Entertainment Service, a catalogue of Private Eye fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDaniel Hearn's Bad August and Black Light are both Highly Recommended in The Essential Mystery Lists: The Private Eye Novel: 100 Classic and Highly Recommended Titles by Gary Warren Niebuhr\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dan Ahearn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108086235376,"sku":"2940044977471","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044977471_p0.jpg?v=1763681610","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044977471","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}