{"product_id":"2940169903584","title":"The Impersonator","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1924 a young vaudeville actress takes on the role of a lifetime when she impersonates a missing heiress in this 2012 MB\/MWA First Novel Competition winner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1917 Jessie Carr, fourteen years old and sole heiress to her family¿s vast fortune, disappeared without a trace. Now, years later, her uncle Oliver Beckett thinks he¿s found her: a young actress in a vaudeville playhouse is a dead ringer for his missing niece. But when Oliver confronts the girl, he learns he¿s wrong. Orphaned young, Leah¿s been acting since she was a toddler.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOliver, never one to miss an opportunity, makes a proposition¿with his coaching, Leah can impersonate Jessie, claim the fortune, and split it with him. The role of a lifetime, he says. A one-way ticket to Sing Sing, she hears. But when she¿s let go from her job, Oliver¿s offer suddenly looks a lot more appealing. Leah agrees to the con but secretly promises herself to try and find out what happened to the real Jessie. There¿s only one problem: Leah¿s act won¿t fool the one person who knows the truth about Jessie¿s disappearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Set against a Prohibition-era backdrop of speakeasies and vaudeville houses, Mary Miley¿s \u003ci\u003eThe Impersonator\u003c\/i\u003e will delight readers with its elaborate mystery and lively prose.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098145505520,"sku":"2940169903584","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169903584_p0.jpg?v=1763787313","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169903584","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}