{"product_id":"2940157453794","title":"JUST A PIDDLIN', LITTLE TWO-BIT MURDER","description":"This first book in the \"Dr. Carstairs Mystery\" series opens in the sleepy town of Logan, Ohio, with a series of bloody, \"sexy,\" murders involving the sheriff, his nubile wife, and several innocent bystanders -- the wily ruse of a clever killer to even the score with a former buddy. The dark, misty murders, suggesting a lurking monster, terrify the community.\u003cbr\u003e   Dr. Robert A. Carstairs, well-known author and criminology professor at Hocking College, risks his friendships and his life to capture the elusive murderer. Or does he? In turn, he \"fingers\" the sheriff's wife, the deputy, even the sheriff himself -- a longtime friend -- then force the killer to emerge from the mists and darkness to face death. Underestimating the former colleague's \"Appalachian smarts,\" the killer prove this ws no \"Piddlin', Little Two-Bit Murder\" after all.\u003cbr\u003e   As with all Cron's books, the ending is a startling, unexpected triple-twist. Will the killer. the pursuer, or both, pay with their lives? And which is which?","brand":"LoneTree Publishing Enterprises","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172598366448,"sku":"2940157453794","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157453794_p0.jpg?v=1764130888","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157453794","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}