{"product_id":"9780060183899","title":"Who's Afraid of Virginia Ham?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe indomitable Chas Wheatley is back, in a tale of restaurants, rivalry, and murder most-hoped-for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRingo Laurenge is the new hire at the \u003ci\u003eWashington Examiner,\u003c\/i\u003e an ambitious young reporter with the looks and the brains to become a star. The trouble is, a few staffers at the \u003ci\u003eExaminer\u003c\/i\u003e would characterize him as an arrogant and sadistic back-stabbing blowhard who deserves to die. And Chas Wheatley is obsessively, shamefully among them. Her worries over Ringo have even begun to cut into her love life. Not only does this guy steal other reporters' stories, he also has a fascination with power, and is determined to destroy a restaurant that has become the focus of Chas's latest research.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Ringo runs rampant at the \u003ci\u003eExaminer,\u003c\/i\u003e plots to crush Chas's friends, and cooks up ways to horn in on her territory, the question becomes not whether he will be taken out, but when and who will finally be driven to do it? For Ringo has made more than one enemy since arriving in town, and in a case like this, Chas isn't even sure she wants to find out which one of them has finally had enough.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor mystery lovers and foodies alike, \u003ci\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Ham?\u003c\/i\u003e is a deliciously wicked whodunit with all the right ingredients, served up by the restaurant and newspaper worlds' consummate insider, Phyllis Richman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013370724592,"sku":"9780060183899","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780060183899_p0.jpg?v=1763619147","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780060183899","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}