{"product_id":"2940045213929","title":"Damage Control","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnnie Avants turns her back on her Southern roots and becomes a homicide detective in Kern County, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer partner, Tom Weston, suffers his own life tragedy when his wife is killed on live camera TV during a bank hostage situation gone bad.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJesse Greyeyes wants to be DA and he wants Annie, but his Native American roots make him both arrogant, defensive, and unsure of himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLaine DelMonte, Chief of Technical Investigations has a secret she's kept hidden and is always looking over her shoulder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan this diverse group solve random serial killings in Kern County, California?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDECEPTION - POWER PLAYS - MURDER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetectives Annie Avants and Tom Weston tackle one of the most perplexing murder mysteries since they began working together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crime victim is a local, well-respected attorney who has gone missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's not much criminal evidence to go on. His car was found an hours drive out of Bakersfield with blood on the passenger seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo body has been found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis staff is in a quandary. He had a new trial scheduled to begin the next morning. Everything was set to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then, he just disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA mysterious package left in the restroom of the Kern County Courthouse leads our detectives to believe that the attorney is dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now. . . another person has gone missing!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill our detectives find the answers before a media frenzy erupts in the Kern County\/Bakersfield area? Will the FBI be called in to help? Will they come to understand the kinds of criminal minds that lead someone to be a serial killer and narrow the list of suspects?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fast-paced crime fiction detective thriller will keep you reading well into the night to find out 'who dun it?\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Renee Benzaim","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47156262633712,"sku":"2940045213929","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045213929_p0.jpg?v=1763675035","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045213929","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}