{"product_id":"9780061128684","title":"Big City, Bad Blood (Ray Dudgeon Series #1)","description":"A disillusioned newspaper reporter turned private detective, Ray Dudgeon isn't trying to save the world. He just wants to do an honest job, and do it well. But when doing an honest job threatens society's most powerful and corrupt, Ray's odds for survival make for a sucker's bet. . . .     \u003cp\u003eWhile working on a movie in Chicago, Hollywood locations manager Bob Loniski saw something he shouldn't have. Now he's a prosecution witness against a suspected member of the Chicago Outfit. Petrified, he comes to Ray for protection. Ray's mob contacts insist that they have no interest in Loniski, so he takes the bodyguard gig.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen people start dying and everything goes to hell.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRay's investigation leads to a stash of blackmail files involving the sex trade, Washington political corruption, and a deadly power struggle among Chicago's organized crime bosses-setting the FBI, the Chicago police, and the mob on his tail. He now holds evidence against top-ranking cops and politicians . . . but with the line between good and bad blurring, he doesn't know who he can trust.     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf he does the right thing, Ray is sure to die. But if he doesn't, how can he live with himself?     \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the back alleys of Chicago to the man-sions of Beverly Hills to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., Sean Chercover's \u003ci\u003eBig City, Bad Blood\u003c\/i\u003e propels readers relentlessly forward on a bullet-fast, adrenaline-pumping ride they will not soon forget.   \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021463503088,"sku":"9780061128684","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061128684_p0.jpg?v=1763620967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061128684","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}