{"product_id":"9780692453667","title":"Poetic Justice","description":"\"THIS IS BEACH HAVEN, NOT THE BIG CITY; WE HAVE OUR OWN WAY OF DOING THINGS. WE DON'T NEED OUTSIDERS BUTTING IN, TRYING TO CHANGE THINGS.\"\u003cp\u003eLewis Porter \u003ci\u003ewas\u003c\/i\u003e an outsider - asked by the local police to examine a murder scene because of his past...\u003ci\u003ework experience\u003c\/i\u003e. It was experience that he was more than happy to keep right where he left it: in the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut people's pasts have a funny way of catching up with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA string of mysterious disappearances of amateur poetesses in the sleepy New Jersey shore town of 1930s Beach Haven bring Porter out of self-imposed retirement and lead him from the beaches to the Pinelands in search of an answer and a killer - a killer who makes it personal. Porter finds more than death: beneath the sand and the trees runs a foul, hidden sewer of sin in which society's highest and lowest swim - all of whom have a stake in keeping their dirty truths from seeing light. And Porter is holding open the manhole cover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a case that not everyone wants solved - except Porter. The question is, will he finish the case before it finishes him?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ever seen a dead man?\"\u003cbr\u003eI was looking at one.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Words Take Flight Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49769481797872,"sku":"9780692453667","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780692453667_p0.jpg?v=1779911775","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780692453667","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}