{"product_id":"9780472051694","title":"Wicked Takes the Witness Stand: A Tale of Murder and Twisted Deceit in Northern Michigan","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a bitterly cold afternoon in December 1986, a Michigan State trooper found the frozen body of Jerry Tobias in the bed of his pickup truck. The 31-year-old oil field worker and small-time drug dealer was curled up on his side on the truck’s bare metal, pressed against the tailgate, clad only in jeans, a checkered shirt, and cowboy boots. Inside the cab of the truck was a fresh package of expensive steaks from a local butcher shop—the first lead in a case that would be quickly lost in a thicket of bungled forensics, shady prosecution, and a psychopathic star witness out for revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Mardi Link’s third book of Michigan true crime, \u003ci\u003eWicked Takes the Witness Stand\u003c\/i\u003e, unravels this mysterious and still unsolved case that sucked state police and local officials into a morass of perjury and cover-up and ultimately led to the separate conviction and imprisonment of five innocent men. This unbelievable story will leave the reader shocked and aching for justice.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025739661552,"sku":"9780472051694","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780472051694_p0.jpg?v=1763707587","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780472051694","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}