{"product_id":"9780983031208","title":"The Hangman's Companion","description":"Always a good sport, Jim McGill, the first private-eye to live in the White House, agrees to accompany his wife, the president, to London to be her escort at a dinner given by the queen-yes, the one who lives in Buckingham Palace. Problem is, he'll have a week in England beforehand, while the president attends a G8 meeting, with nothing to do.\u003cp\u003eThen a client comes to McGill, the daughter of a former Chicago cop McGill knew but didn't like when he was a captain on the CPD. McGill's former colleague went to Paris to scatter the ashes of his late, French-born wife in the Seine. While tending to that solemn obligation, the former cop managed to get into a brawl with and kill France's national sports hero. The guy from Chicago claims he was only saving a blonde woman from being beaten by the Frenchman, as French law actually required him to do. Only problem is, the blonde has disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe former cop's daughter asks McGill to find the woman and save her father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeats glad-handing the locals in nearby London, he decides. He just has to wrap up the case in time to get to dinner with the president and the queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeWord Magazine called The President's Henchman \"marvelously entertaining.\" Its sequel, The Hangman's Companion, is even more fun. With a French accent.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stray Dog Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47021030506736,"sku":"9780983031208","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780983031208_p0.jpg?v=1763886166","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780983031208","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}