{"product_id":"9780615811772","title":"The Car Bomb (The detroit im dyin Trilogy, Book 1)","description":"Detroit's top TV newsman Frank DeFauw hunts down the story of a judge who may be corrupt-and is one of his best friends. Booze, drugs, womanizing and a passion for the news are all part of what makes brilliant, erratic Frank a major player in this deeply troubled city.\u003cp\u003ePlagued by his own dark pleasures and followed by a deadly assassin, Frank is finally forced to decide if digging out the truth about a bribe to his pal the judge is worth risking his career, his family and his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith supple prose, brilliant dialogue, complex characters and a twisting plot, this opening salvo of The \u003ci\u003edetroit im dyin\u003c\/i\u003e Trilogy is a fast-paced urban crime thriller, a classic noir story of corruption, betrayal and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"A compelling and wonderfully written piece of urban crime fiction...LoCicero has produced a gripping tale of corruption and redemption in Detroit.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Victoria Best, Tales from the Reading Room\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"a brilliantly composed and complex thriller... fast moving and gripping\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Christoph Fischer, author of The Luck of the Weissensteiners\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"TV anchor Frank DeFauw is a wonderful mixture of cynicism, vanity, self-doubt, weariness and wit. A kind of local princeling, his boozy, womanizing path illuminates everyone he encounters in this tight and vibrant thriller, as well as the dark city in which it is set.\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Patrick, Amazon Reviewer\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TLC Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49786865811696,"sku":"9780615811772","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615811772","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}