{"product_id":"9780061849640","title":"Hell at the Breech: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1897, an aspiring politician is mysteriously murdered in the rural area of Alabama known as Mitcham Beat. His outraged friends -- —mostly poor cotton farmers -- form a secret society, Hell-at-the-Breech, to punish the townspeople they believe responsible. The hooded members wage a bloody year-long campaign of terror that culminates in a massacre where the innocent suffer alongside the guilty. Caught in the maelstrom of the Mitcham war are four people: the aging sheriff sympathetic to both sides; the widowed midwife who delivered nearly every member of Hell-at-the-Breech; a ruthless detective who wages his own war against the gang; and a young store clerk who harbors a terrible secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on incidents that occurred a few miles from the author's childhood home, \u003ci\u003eHell at the Breech\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the events of dark days that led the people involved to discover their capacity for good, evil, or for both.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147977638128,"sku":"9780061849640","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780061849640_p0.jpg?v=1763622466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780061849640","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}