{"product_id":"9780802191823","title":"Fox Is Framed (Leo Maxwell Series #3)","description":"Lachlan Smith won great critical acclaim for his first novel in the Leo Maxwell series, \u003ci\u003eBear Is Broken\u003c\/i\u003e, a Shamus Award finalist and a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e best book of the year that William Bernhardt called “one of the best debuts I’ve read in years.” The second Leo Maxwell mystery, \u003ci\u003eLion Plays Rough\u003c\/i\u003e, continued the story, and now, in the utterly suspenseful \u003ci\u003eFox Is Framed\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith confronts anew the drama that has haunted Leo—and his recently brain-damaged elder brother, Teddy—since childhood. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFaced with evidence of stunning prosecutorial misconduct, a San Francisco judge has ordered a new trial for the Maxwell brothers’ father, Lawrence, who was convicted of killing their mother twenty-one years before. A prison snitch soon turns up dead, with Lawrence the only suspect, and Leo teams up with hotshot attorney Nina Schuyler to defend Lawrence against murder charges both old and new. Working the streets while Nina handles the action in the courtroom, Leo is forced to confront the darkness at the center of his life as he follows a trail of corruption and danger that leads to the very steps of City Hall. A tense, twist-filled courtroom procedural, \u003ci\u003eFox Is Framed\u003c\/i\u003e barrels toward an unexpected conclusion, as Leo struggles to do right both by the law and his blood.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128018190576,"sku":"9780802191823","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802191823_p0.jpg?v=1769907371","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802191823","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}