{"product_id":"9780998256078","title":"FOUR KINGS: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NOIR MURDER MYSTERY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAN ASYLUM STORY.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA DARK FAIRYTALE....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew Orleans, 1945. After a terrible hurricane devastates the city, fourteen-year-old Anaïs Reynard wakes up in an asylum with a case of amnesia. Dr. Waters, the hospital's prestigious director, vows to help Anaïs recover her memories -- this is of the utmost importance, he tells her, because Anaïs is the sole witness to a terrible crime. On the night of the hurricane, her stepfather and only living guardian was shot. A young black man has been arrested, and Anaïs finds herself under pressure from the district attorney to testify. Anaïs wants to help, but a strange feeling nags at her. She isn't entirely sure the man on trial is guilty, and she doesn't know whom she can trust.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, one night, she receives an eerie, surreal visit from a dapper man with the head of a fox who entrusts her with an ornate key that unlocks a secret door to the land of the Four Kings. Like Alice before her, Anaïs follows this curiously genteel animal down the rabbit hole to discover a magical yet fraught world of not-quite-human creatures. As Anaïs navigates the political minefields of each king's court -- Raven, Lion, Snake, and Unicorn -- her bravery and resolve are tested.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith each shocking twist and turn, and as fantasy and reality blur, Anaïs begins to unlock the riddle of her own memories, a trail that leads from Nazi-occupied Europe and her mother all the way to post-war New Orleans, and the very night her stepfather was shot. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exquisite Skeleton Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50050718695664,"sku":"9780998256078","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780998256078_p0.jpg?v=1784740151","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998256078","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}