{"product_id":"2940169255546","title":"Hard Cash Valley : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReturn to McFalls County and Bull Mountain in \u003ci\u003eHard Cash Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, where Brian Panowich weaves another masterful tale of Southern Noir.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDane Kirby is a broken man and no stranger to tragedy. As a life-long resident and ex-arson investigator for McFalls County, Dane has lived his life in one of the most chaotic and crime-ridden regions of the south. When he gets called in to consult on a brutal murder in a Jacksonville, Florida, motel room, he and his FBI counterpart, Special Agent Roselita Velasquez, begin an investigation that leads them back to the criminal circles of his own backyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArnie Blackwell's murder in Jacksonville is only the beginningamp;mdash;and Dane and Roselita seem to be one step behind. For someone is hacking a bloody trail throughout the Southeast looking for Arnie's younger brother, a boy with Asperger's Syndrome who possesses an unusual skill with numbers that could make a lot of money and that has already gotten a lot of people killedamp;mdash;and has even more of the deadliest people alive willing to do anything it takes to exploit him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dane joins in the hunt to find the boy, it swiftly becomes a race against the clock that has Dane entangled in a web of secrets involving everyone from the Filipino Mafia to distrusting federal agents to some of hardest southern outlaws he's ever known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur Books \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The plotting is skilled, as is the sleuthing, and the landscape is stunning. But it's the hard-jawed characters, with their tough talk and scarred souls, who really get under your skin.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116496109808,"sku":"2940169255546","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169255546_p0.jpg?v=1763677050","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169255546","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}