{"product_id":"9780615868028","title":"Serpent's Tongue: A Sydney Simone Suspense Novel","description":"R.F. SHARP, Winner of the first Discover Mystery Award hits a home run with the continuing saga of Sydney Simone in this highly unique mystery - suspense novel.\u003cbr\u003eMacGyver meets Dexter in the guise of Sydney Simone, contract killer and righter of wrongs. When the system fails to provide justice, Sydney steps in--for a price.\u003cbr\u003e The call for a contract hit on Earl the Cannibal came through Sydney's website, HumanPestControl.com. Taking out Earl, a child killer who had been wrongfully acquitted of horrific crimes was almost a public service--so she did it. But that wasn't the end. A week later she was called upon to eliminate a notorious con-man. Both hits fit her standards of bringing justice to those whom the system had failed. Apparent accidental death is Sydney's preferred method of killing, and the authorities buy that explanation--at first. \u003cbr\u003e Sydney thinks her work is done and settles back into her routine, running the Rose Madder Gallery with her partner\/possible future husband, Oscar. But her life is soon turned upside down. The press ties both killings to the murder of a teenage boy. A police task force is created to track down what they call the Bible-Rose serial killer. Sydney is being framed.\u003cbr\u003e The first two killings were paid for by Pastor Luke Anger, a snake-handling revivalist preacher with nasty habits involving children. Convinced that Pastor Luke is using her as a serial-killer surrogate to cover up his own crime, Sydney must find a way to bring Luke to justice and keep herself out of the eyes of the authorities. \u003cbr\u003e It's a fight or flight situation and Sydney never flees.","brand":"Serpens Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49987598680304,"sku":"9780615868028","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615868028","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}