{"product_id":"9780385542500","title":"Two Girls Down","description":"\"A real nail-biter...The brisk plot combines psychological suspense with solid action, while providing a realistic look at a family under siege, as it builds to a shocking finale.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e--Publishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Opening this book is like arming a bomb--the suspense is relentless and the payoff is spectacular.  Lead character Alice Vega is sensational--I want to see lots more of her.”\u003cb\u003e--Lee Child, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of the Jack Reacher series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   As addictive, cinematic, and binge-worthy a narrative as \u003ci\u003eThe Wire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Killing\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTwo Girls Down \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces Louisa Luna as a thriller writer of immense talent and verve.   \u003cbr\u003e   When two young sisters disappear from a strip mall parking lot in a small Pennsylvania town, their devastated mother hires an enigmatic bounty hunter, Alice Vega, to help find the girls. Immediately shut out by a local police department already stretched thin by budget cuts and the growing OxyContin and meth epidemic, Vega enlists the help of a disgraced former cop, Max Caplan. Cap is a man trying to put the scandal of his past behind him and move on, but Vega needs his help to find the girls, and she will not be denied. \u003cbr\u003e   With little to go on, Vega and Cap will go to extraordinary lengths to untangle a dangerous web of lies, false leads, and complex relationships to find the girls before time runs out, and they are gone forever.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47103998853360,"sku":"9780385542500","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780385542500_p0.jpg?v=1763695110","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780385542500","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}