{"product_id":"2940158971389","title":"Psychosomatic","description":"Because Lydia didn't have arms or legs, she shelled out three thousand bucks to a washed up middleweight named Cap to give her ex-husband the beating of his life. But the beating turns to murder, and the murder into lust and desperation between Lydia and an underworld clean-up man. Meanwhile, overgrown frat boy car thieves take up cop killing as a side hobby. When these paths cross, a horror show of violence unfolds as they all slide into a hell of their own design, surrounded by the neon and noise of the casino strip on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Violent, vivid, life at hyper-speed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePsychosomatic is the debut novel from Anthony Neil Smith and it is a noir nightmare that asks how much is too much in a relationship, and what is the cost of leaving? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for PSYCHOSOMATIC:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The darkest song I've ever read\" --Ken Bruen, bestselling author of the Jack Taylor series\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Anthony Neil Smith takes hardboiled, crunches it, peels back the shell, and finishes it off with a flamethrower. You were warned.\" --Sean Doolittle, author of Safer and The Cleanup","brand":"Down \u0026 Out Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113410609392,"sku":"2940158971389","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940158971389_p0.jpg?v=1764123152","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940158971389","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}