{"product_id":"9780615513157","title":"Broken and Profane","description":"Buffalo, New York, in the fall of 1980: a white supremacist embarks on a killing spree, targeting black people... one every day. His first murder- from City Hall's balcony twenty-eight stories high- becomes his signature.\u003cp\u003eThe case is assigned to Mark Bennett, a new detective whose father was a police legend. Ken Connell, the department's star investigator, is angry to learn he is passed over. Bennett owns a pedigree, but lacks experience solving homicides. Bennett grapples with secrets: conversations with his dead father and a burgeoning affair he must keep quiet, because Allison is separating from a husband who doesn't want her to leave: Ken Connell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBobby Bennett, Mark's younger brother, is a rookie patrolman learning the job. His partner is George Pope, a veteran street cop who once paired with Bennett's father. Pope is wise but crusty, determined to mentor a stubborn young man, no matter how much resistance he faces.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor several days, victims keep coming. Against a backdrop of crooked cops, drug dealers, prostitutes, transvestites, tension mounts as the net narrows on the killer while Connell learns the truth about his wife's affair. These events converge in a darkened basement with two cops, a killer and three guns trained in different directions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich in characterization, Broken and Profane is crime fiction that resonates with authenticity, a taut thriller portraying the underbelly of life and the men who are entrusted with keeping society's order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJeff Schober is the author of the true crime book Bike Path Rapist with Det. Dennis Delano and the novel Undercurrent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"No Frills Buffalo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47024475865328,"sku":"9780615513157","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615513157_p0.jpg?v=1763598238","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615513157","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}