{"product_id":"2940169125016","title":"The Black Jersey: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fast-paced mystery where \u003ci\u003eMurder on the Orient Express \u003c\/i\u003emeets the Tour de Franceamp;mdash;someone's killing off cyclists one by one.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThere are cyclists willing to die to win a single stage of the Tour, taking suicidal descents at more than 90 kilometers per hour, but now I know there are cyclists willing to kill to win. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Moreau, a professional cyclist with a military past, is part of a top Tour de France team led by his best friend, an American star favored to win this year's Tour. But the competition takes a dark turn when racers begin to drop out in a series of violent accidents: a mugging that ends in an ankle being crushed, a nasty bout of food poisoning, and a crash caused by two spectators standing where they shouldn't. The teams and their entourages retreat into paranoid lockdown even as they must continue racing each day. The mountain inclines grow steeper and the accidents turn deadlier: a suspicious suicide, an exploded trailer, a loose wheel at the edge of a cliff. Marc agrees to help the French police with their investigations from the inside and becomes convinced that the culprit is a cyclist who wants to win at any cost. But as the victim count rises, the number of potential murderersamp;mdash;and potential championsamp;mdash;dwindles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc begins to have the sickening realization that \u003ci\u003ehis own team\u003c\/i\u003e has been most favored by the murderer's actions, and in the final stages of the race Mark himself emerges as the only cyclist left who could possibly beat his best friend and win the Tour. Whom can Marc trust? Whom should he protect? What decision will he make if he's asked to choose between justice, loyalty, and glory?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100340240624,"sku":"2940169125016","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169125016_p0.jpg?v=1763761486","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169125016","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}