{"product_id":"2940169777857","title":"A Welcome Grave: A Lincoln Perry Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe third novel by award-winning mystery writer Michael Koryta featuring private investigator Lincoln Perry. Once a rising star on the Cleveland police force, Perry ended his career when he left one of the city¿s prominent attorneys, Alex Jefferson, bleeding in the parking lot of his country club¿retribution for his affair with Perry¿s fiancée.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Jefferson is dead, the victim of a brutal murder, and his widow has called upon Perry for a favor he knows he shouldn¿t grant but can¿t turn down: to find Jefferson¿s estranged son, partial beneficiary of the dead man¿s fortune. The case is simple enough, a routine ¿locate,¿ and he¿ll be paid plenty of money for the work. The encounter should be simple, too: a brief exchange of information and maybe an empty condolence before Perry gets back into his truck and returns home. Instead, he¿s loaded into a police car and taken to a rural jail while Jefferson¿s son is zipped into a body bag.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerry soon learns that Jefferson¿s millions are the target of a thirst for revenge that hasn¿t been satisfied by blood. As a pair of deadly assailants push deep into the investigator¿s life, they bring with them police from two states who are determined to see Perry in jail.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on the skill that prompted the Toronto Sun to call him ¿one of America¿s best young mystery writers,¿ Michael Koryta makes \u003ci\u003eA Welcome Grave\u003c\/i\u003e an intense exploration of the lengths to which a desperate man is forced to go to clear his name and solve a crime. This is a thrilling new book that justifies the critical acclaim and solidifies his role as an emerging talent among today¿s top writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eKoryta is one of the best of the best, plain and simple.\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMichael Connelly\u003c\/b\u003e, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author\u003c\/center\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e©2007 Michael Koryta (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47099756019952,"sku":"2940169777857","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169777857_p0.jpg?v=1769899949","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169777857","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}