{"product_id":"9780997907810","title":"Eleven: A Detective Frank Deford Novel","description":"Welcome to the odd, orderly world of Victor Rutsman. Obsessed with tactile sensation, numeric perfection and Mary Poppins, every facet of Victor's bizarre existence is built around the need to collect specimens to feed his compulsion for textures.\u003cbr\u003e Soon, dead bodies with cryptic surgical inscriptions begin to surface, and Kansas City finds itself in the grip of a terrifying madman. Once again, Detective Frank Deford is called upon to apprehend the deranged killer.\u003cbr\u003e Deford's recent use of deadly force during a murderous family dispute has drawn the scrutiny of Internal Affairs. The IA investigation will soon reveal an eerily similar event in Deford's own childhood and a deep wound from the past emerges, laid bare before the entire community. Deford's mental armor holds fast... barely.\u003cbr\u003e Victor proves mystically elusive, and authorities have yet to recognize his real aim of adding a special prize to his collection. When the timing is right, Victor sends Deford a clue, and orchestrates a deadly confrontation with the troubled Detective.\u003cbr\u003e Knowing he is walking into a trap Deford risks everything and confronts the murderer alone. With stakes unimaginably high, Deford's ability to protect those closest to him is tested once again.","brand":"Chuck Retail Marketing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49859509027056,"sku":"9780997907810","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780997907810","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}