{"product_id":"2940151987721","title":"Nacho Perez, Private Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003eFour hard-boiled detective short stories set in contemporary San Antonio, Texas. Nacho Perez, a former Marine drill instructor, uses his fists and his gun to get to the bottom of his cases. But he takes his lumps along the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Badger Game, Nacho tries to recover money lost in a confidence scheme. In San Antonio Blues, he investigates a death written off by the police as an accidental drug overdose. In Search of El Dorado involves finding an heir to a fortune that the mob doesn't want found. Whiskey's for Drinking concerns a dispute over water rights in South Texas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a bonus, the collection ends with a flash-fiction detective story set in a futuristic New York City. The outcome turns on Asimov's First Law of Robotics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree of the five stories in the collection are prize winners. \"Badger Game\" won first place in the short-story category in the 2009 San Antonio Writers' Guild annual contest. \"Whiskey's for Drinking\" won second place in the short-story category in the 2014 San Antonio Writers' Guild annual contest. \"The Butler Couldn't Have Done It\" won first place in the flash-fiction category in the same contest.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kenneth Bennight","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122683232496,"sku":"2940151987721","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940151987721_p0.jpg?v=1764019882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940151987721","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}