{"product_id":"2940169088564","title":"Mission Flats: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling \u003c\/b\u003eauthor of \u003ci\u003eDefending Jacob\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer D.A. William Landay explodes onto the suspense scene with an electrifying  novel about the true price of crime and the hidden corners of the criminal justice  system. Only an insider could so vividly capture Boston's gritty underworld of cops  and criminals. And only a natural storyteller could weave this mesmerizing tale of  murder and memory, a story about the hold of time past over time present-and the  story of one unforgettable young policeman who ventures into the most dangerous place  of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy a gleaming lake in the forests of western Maine, outside a sleepy town  called Versailles, the body of a man lies sprawled in a deserted cabin. The dead  man was an elite D.A. from Boston, and his beat was that city's toughest neighborhood: Mission Flats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, for small-town police chief Ben Truman, investigating the murder  will mean leaving his quiet, haunted home and journeying to an alien world of hard  streets and hard bargains, where the fierce struggle between police and criminals  is fought for the ultimate stakes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBen joins a manhunt through Mission Flats, where  cops are scrambling to find their number-one suspect: Harold Braxton, a ruthless  predator targeted for prosecution by the murdered D.A. To the Boston police, Braxton  is a marked man. But as Ben watches the shadow dance of cops and suspects, he begins  to voice doubts about Braxton's guilt¿especially when he uncovers a secret history  of murder and retribution stretching back twenty years¿back to a brutal killing now  nearly forgotten. As past and present collide and a bloody mystery unfolds, only  one thing remains certain: the most powerful revelations are yet to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMission Flats\u003c\/i\u003e is at once a relentless page-turning mystery and a vivid portrait of a cop' s life. Here are the street corners, courtrooms, and stationhouses; the deal makers,  thugs, and quiet heroes. An unforgettable world-and the luminous, boundary-breaking  debut of a new voice in suspense fiction-\u003ci\u003eMission Flats\u003c\/i\u003e will haunt you long after  the final pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116292227312,"sku":"2940169088564","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169088564_p0.jpg?v=1763671848","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169088564","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}