{"product_id":"9780738750675","title":"The Price of Vengeance","description":"There Is Always a Price to Pay \u003cp\u003eJames R. Scarantino, praised as \"insanely talented\" by \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author Lisa Scottoline, presents the next thrilling Denise Aragon Mystery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetective Denise Aragon finds herself in the middle of a desperate standoff she may have caused with a single phrase: take him out. On one side is Peter Cervantes, her grieving friend and now a hostage-taker who blames the deaths of his sons on the grand schemes of powerful politicians. On the other side is a United States senator with a dark past whose family is being held at gunpoint by Cervantes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe FBI targets Aragon as an accomplice to kidnapping and terrorism, and her only way out is to drag the senator's crimes into the light. She can only pray that the price of vengeance won't be paid in blood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for the Denise Aragon Mysteries:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCompromised\"Mayhem and more.\"—\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"[Scarantino] is skilled with complex plotting and has a talent for expository dialogue...Though she is fictional, Aragon, who sports a crewcut and a baby face, is an intelligent, hard-boiled heroine of whom Santa Fe can be proud.\"—\u003cem\u003eSanta Fe New Mexican \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Drum Within \"\u003cem\u003eThe Drum Within\u003c\/em\u003e is a superb novel, and this is a hearty welcome to an insanely talented newcomer, Jim Scarantino.\"—Lisa Scottoline, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"The Drum Within\u003c\/em\u003e is a gritty police procedural that will make you rethink everything you know about justice. A tour de force of good guys and bad guys. A masterpiece. I loved it.\"—Robert Dugoni, #1 Amazon and \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Drum Within\u003c\/em\u003e keeps many ducks in a row through a maze of gritty encounters, bitter confrontations, and some very clever red herrings.\"—\u003cem\u003eSanta Fe New Mexican \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A thrilling police story.\"—\u003cem\u003eSuspense Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Llewellyn Worldwide, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028781809904,"sku":"9780738750675","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780738750675_p0.jpg?v=1763636633","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780738750675","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}