{"product_id":"2940158336003","title":"Bayou Butcher, An SSCD Crime Thriller","description":"Haunting memories of an imperfect childhood shadow Agent Jeri Forbes as she stalks a killer along the banks of a sleepy, Louisiana bayou. A unit leader in the FBI's prestigious Special Serial Crimes Division, Jeri never intended to revisit the birthplace of her nightmares, but the machinations of a madman give her no choice. \u003cbr\u003eEerily beautiful, the bayou thrives with life. \u003cbr\u003eAnd death. \u003cbr\u003eWeeping willows, dipping branches to the water's edge, stand alongside red cypress guardians, their bulbous trunks tapering into spindly arms that weave a canopy of shade and secrets. Murky water hides nature's savages, capable of inflicting instant mortality to anyone within reach.\u003cbr\u003eJeri knows all too well that poisonous snakes and alligators are not the only monsters to make the black water their home. Years before, the bayou aided her escape from predators much worse than any found beneath the swamp. As she returns to the scene of that long-ago pain, old wounds threaten her focus, and her ability to track the butcher. \u003cbr\u003eEnter Ethan. \u003cbr\u003eThe only man to ever win her heart, then promptly shatter it into pieces, Ethan Barnes appears at her crime scene with intimate knowledge of the man terrorizing the small town. He knows that the butcher is merely a puppet of a much more insidious serial killer, one intent on a personal quest to destroy Jeri's life, as payment for Ethan's transgressions. Together, Jeri and Ethan work to resolve their past, while fighting for their lives, and their future.\u003cbr\u003eFollow this fast-paced thriller through the swamps of the Louisiana low-country as Jeri and her team match wits against a brilliant master of destruction, and his all-too-willing protégé.","brand":"Kalyko Creations LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47180169773296,"sku":"2940158336003","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158336003_p0.jpg?v=1764111493","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158336003","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}