{"product_id":"2940170770472","title":"Hand of Evil (Abridged)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author J.A. Jance crafts a thrilling novel of suspense that realizes every parent's worst nightmare.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With his hand trapped in the door of a speeding car, a man struggles to remain upright as he's dragged along a deserted stretch of San Juan Road in Phoenix's South Mountain Preserve. It's the perfect place to drive a man to his grave -- literally. Starting with a crime so gruesome even prowling coyotes keep their distance from the remains, a killer begins crisscrossing the Southwest on a spree of grisly murders. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A hundred miles away, Ali Reynolds is grieving. The newscasting job she once delighted in is gone and so is the philandering husband she loved and thought she knew. When a member of the family who gave Ali a generous scholarship for her education decades earlier suddenly asks her for a meeting, Ali wonders what it can mean. Before she can satisfy her curiosity, though, Ali receives another startling call: a friend's teenage daughter has disappeared. Ali offers to help, but in doing so, she unknowingly begins a quest that will reveal a deadly ring of secrets, at the heart of which lie two undiscriminating killers.... \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHand of Evil\u003c\/i\u003e is Jance at her best; weaving a masterful story of suspense that travels over generations, revealing two very different women with the same horrifying secret. Will Ali become a victim herself, or will she escape from a deadly deceit that no amount of security -- financial or emotional -- can cover up?","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47115651023088,"sku":"2940170770472","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170770472_p0.jpg?v=1763716912","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170770472","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}