{"product_id":"9780802194589","title":"The Crime of Julian Wells","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Edgar Award–winning author of \u003ci\u003eRed Leaves\u003c\/i\u003e: An “intelligent and elegant” thriller in the grand tradition of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e When the body of famed true-crime writer Julian Wells is found in a boat drifting on a Montauk pond, the question is not how he died, but why? Philip Anders, Wells’s best friend and literary executor, vows to find out what drove the enigmatic author to take his own life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The first clue is a map of Argentina that Wells had been examining on the day he died. Years ago, he and Anders made a fateful trip to Buenos Aires, where their tour guide was a woman named Marisol. Her subsequent disappearance during Argentina’s Dirty War haunted the author. Had he discovered some new clue to her fate? Was he planning to return to South America? And what, if anything, does Marisol’s disappearance have to do with the curious dedication in Wells’s first book: “For Philip, sole witness to my crime”?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Anders soon finds himself on a journey into his friend’s haunted, secret life. Spanning four decades and traversing three continents, \u003ci\u003eThe Crime of Julian Wells \u003c\/i\u003eis a “spellbinding” tour-de-force from one of America’s most acclaimed suspense novelists (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “[A] striking example of a suspense writer working at the top of his form, and an agreeable diversion for those who enjoy a bit of style with their substance . . . Cook’s characterizations are richly balanced and finely nuanced.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128019173616,"sku":"9780802194589","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802194589_p0.jpg?v=1769906581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802194589","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}