{"product_id":"2940170427956","title":"Down Don't Bother Me: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA hugely entertaining debut-the first novel in a wickedly funny gothic mystery series set in the withering landscape of the southern Illinois coal country known as \"little Egypt\"-that blends the wry humor of Kevin Wilson, the dark violence of Urban Waite, and the electric atmosphere of Greg Iles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the depths of the Knight Hawk, one of the last working collieries in downstate Illinois, the body of a reporter is found, his mini-recorder tied around his neck and a notepad stuffed in his mouth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Knight Hawk's owner, Matthew Luster, isn't happy. He wants answers-and he doesn't want the cops or any more press poking into his business. To protect himself and the operation, he turns to Slim, a mine employee with a reputation for \"bloodhounding\"-finding lost souls when the police can't or won't. Luster needs Slim to locate a missing photographer named Beckett, a close associate of the victim . . . who just happens to be his son-in-law.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA hard-working single father barely making ends meet, Slim accepts the job-after Luster offers him a guaranteed pension and job security for life. But when you make a deal with the devil, you're going to get burned . . . . and now Slim is all too close to the flames. Circumstances have lead him into the grimy underworld of Little Egypt, Illinois-a Babel's Tower of rednecks, rubes, freaks, tweakers, gun nuts, and aging hippies-and it quickly becomes clear that he's much more involved in the murder than an innocent man should be.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDown Don't Bother Me \u003c\/em\u003emarks the emergence of a wildly assured mystery novelist, and of a series set in the fresh and brutal landscape of southern Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117291061488,"sku":"2940170427956","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170427956_p0.jpg?v=1763800962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170427956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}