{"product_id":"9780984881055","title":"Can Showbizzers Crush Crime?","description":"Can Max Royster, fired from the NYPD for mental disease, on crutches, train a ragtag group of performers, his Showbizzers, to use their skills and bodies to stop a genius crime lord in the High Desert town of Basta, California?\u003cp\u003e*****\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBounced from the New York cops for mental disease and on crutches from rescuing a kidnapped debutante, I, Max Royster, cannot handle another Manhattan slush winter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFreezing, grieving my lost shield, I hobble aboard an Amtrak train. America passes by outside my window.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen we reach the California desert, my spirits rise. Hope for a new life makes me exit in the small sandy town of Basta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sun and beauty cheer me. But the town suffers from crime. A thug mugs me, taking my cash and ID.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat turns me sad again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA group that I dub \"My Showbizzers\" - out-of-work dancers, actresses, dog trainers and writers - rescue me. They remind me of my live-for-the-moment cronies back in Manhattan, \"The Playpen Irregulars.\" Thrilled by their energy, I fall in love with Koy, a beautiful Asian dog-handler.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Basta deputies duck work or bully innocents. Their sloppiness angers and frustrates me, and their laziness helps a local criminal genius, Crostwaite, rob a bank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInspiration hits me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy Showbizzers have many skills. Maybe they could use those talents and creativity to fight crime. They might do better than some lazy deputies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNobody else believes in my idea. Locals mock me. The sheriff and the FBI block me. But I force myself to push my idea forward, while my Showbizzers must fight their own bias against government and rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when Crostwaite starts killing, I train my Showbizzers. They go undercover. Their beautiful bodies use sex as a weapon. Koy trains dogs to burgle homes and seize evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo avenge his childhood of horrors, Crostwaite vows to destroy Basta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrightened but passionate, without guns, power or respect, my Showbizzers and I risk everything to stop Crostwaite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur deadly showdown will answer the question once and for all:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Showbizzers Crush Crime?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Frank Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785310707952,"sku":"9780984881055","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780984881055","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}