{"product_id":"2940170454655","title":"Left for Dead: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, severely injuring an old friend, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author J.A. Jance's newest mystery\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Santa Cruz county deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, one of Ali Reynolds's classmates from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows there's much more to it than that, and soon he and his pregnant wife, Teresa, are both under suspicion of wrong-doing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAli Reynolds owes Jose Reyes a debt of gratitude for the help he gave her years earlier when she was dealing with a troubled friend. When she's summoned to his bedside at Mercy Medical Center in Tucson, it's impossible for Ali to turn away. Upon arriving at the hospital, Ali finds her good friend, Sister Anselm, is there as well, working as patient advocate on behalf of another injured victim, an unidentified border crosser who was raped and savagely beaten.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs more bodies pile up, Ali and Sister Anselm find themselves confronting the evil of the drug cartels head-on. It's a David-and-Goliath battle, with no way of knowing who the next victim will be.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100673130736,"sku":"2940170454655","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170454655_p0.jpg?v=1763710220","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170454655","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}