{"product_id":"9780743299077","title":"The Killing Moon: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith a brilliantly plotted new crime novel set in small-town Massachusetts, Chuck Hogan, prizewinning author of \u003ci\u003ePrince of Thieves,\u003c\/i\u003e delivers a page-turning, knockout thriller that demonstrates why he is the unrivaled master of gritty suspense.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The crack of a handgun shatters the silence of a warm summer night...A notorious local felon and former child magician vanishes, seemingly without a trace...A corrupt police force applies a stranglehold to a failing town...An ailing old man hatches a last-ditch plan to save the police department he once headed, and the community he still loves...An outsider arrives, bearing a simple recipe for death that could destroy them all... \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Buried deep in the rural backcountry of New England, the town of Black Falls isn't dying so much as quietly fading away. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e No supermarket. No traffic lights. No ATM. No hope. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Donald Maddox, a man with no law enforcement background -- indeed, no background at all -- has returned to his hometown after fifteen years to find himself employed as an auxiliary patrolman on a local police force known to inspire more fear than trust in its citizenry. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When a brutal murder shatters the isolation of this forgotten place, triggering the arrival of state police homicide detectives and a town-wide manhunt, both the local cops and Maddox appear to have something to hide. As the tightly wound mystery that is Maddox's past begins to unravel, he becomes ensnared in a deadly conspiracy that ultimately threatens his life, as well as the lives of those nearest him. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From its opening pages until its haunting final image, \u003ci\u003eThe Killing Moon\u003c\/i\u003e displays the author's trademark gift for soul-deep characterization, crisp pacing, and unflinching realism. This is Chuck Hogan's richest, most satisfying thriller yet.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121628758256,"sku":"9780743299077","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780743299077_p0.jpg?v=1763635233","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780743299077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}