{"product_id":"2940045945035","title":"The Marshal of the Borgo","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn an ancient chapel in an ancient land, a crone screeches a warning:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beware the touch of Job--he's cursed!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatteo Scarpone is a modern-day Job. A man more sinned against than sinning. Once a cool-headed logician and the pride of Rome's carabinieri, he's devastated when disaster rocks his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a lost man. Beaten. Shaken. HAUNTED.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShunned as an embarrassment, he is exiled to a tiny village in the sticks--a hamlet, a burg, a borgo.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut in this land of vineyards and olive groves, life is far from idyllic. Murder, witchcraft, and hate taint the soil once tread by the Etruscans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the young captain must unravel a series of murders that pit him against a cynical evil and force him to use a power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--A GIFT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--A CURSE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat he has long denied.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e* * *\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Marshal of the Borgo follows in the tradition of Italian mysteries by Magdalen Nabb, Andrea Camilleri, and Donna Leon--but with a twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart whodunit, part ghost story, The Marshal of the Borgo is a very unusual paranormal mystery by a recent Derringer Award Winner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Joseph D'Agnese","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078351569136,"sku":"2940045945035","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045945035_p0.jpg?v=1763686711","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045945035","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}