{"product_id":"2940173634221","title":"Cause to Dread (An Avery Black Mystery-Book 6)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom #1 bestselling author Blake Pierce comes a new masterpiece of psychological suspense¿the Avery Black series¿which continues here with \u003ci\u003eCause to Dread\u003c\/i\u003e, also a standalone novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA woman turns up dead in her own apartment, locked in her closet, her body crawling with poisonous spiders, and the Boston police are stumped. As all of their leads collapse, they are  dreading the killer will strike again. Desperate, the police have no choice but to turn to Boston¿s most brilliant and controversial homicide detective¿Avery Black. Now retired, Avery, in a low point in her own life, reluctantly agrees to help with the case. But when other bodies start turning up, murdered in grotesque and unusual ways, Avery can¿t help but wonder: is there a serial killer on the loose?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the intense media pressure and the stress of having a new, inexperienced partner, Avery is pushed to her limit as she struggles to crack the bizarre cases¿and to keep herself from falling into the abyss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAvery finds herself falling deeper and deeper into the twisted mind of the killer, who holds more secrets than Avery could imagine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe most riveting and shocking book of the series, a psychological thriller with heart-pounding suspense, \u003ci\u003eCause to Dread\u003c\/i\u003e will leave you turning pages late into the night.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mark MacNicol","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47106290483440,"sku":"2940173634221","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940173634221_p0.jpg?v=1772495907","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940173634221","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}