{"product_id":"9780345549624","title":"Girl Missing (Previously published as Peggy Sue Got Murdered): A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom Tess Gerritsen, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Rizzoli \u0026amp; Isles series, her stunning first thriller!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA beautiful young woman’s corpse is found dumped in a garbage-strewn alley. Now laid out in the office of medical examiner Kat Novak is an unidentified body that betrays no secrets—except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets, using a deadly drug to do his dirty work. The police are skeptical. The mayor won’t listen. One of the town’s most prominent citizens, with a missing daughter of his own, is also Kat’s chief suspect. As the death toll rises, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is close enough to touch her.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Tess Gerritsen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[The author] has a knack for creating great characters and mysterious plots that seem straightforward but also dazzle with complexity and twists.”\u003cb\u003e—Associated Press\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[Gerritsen] has an imagination that allows her to conjure up depths of human behavior so dark and frightening that she makes Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft seem like goody-two-shoes.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “One of the most versatile voices in thriller fiction today.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Providence Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePreviously published as \u003ci\u003ePeggy Sue Got Murdered\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024836149488,"sku":"9780345549624","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780345549624_p0.jpg?v=1763688459","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780345549624","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}