{"product_id":"9781250022097","title":"The Nature of the Beast (Chief Inspector Gamache Series #11)","description":"\u003cp\u003eHardly  a day goes by when nine year old Laurent Lepage doesn't cry wolf. From  alien invasions, to walking trees, to winged beasts in the woods, to  dinosaurs spotted in the village of Three Pines, his tales are so  extraordinary no one can possibly believe him. Including Armand and  Reine-Marie Gamache, who now live in the little Quebec village.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when the boy disappears, the villagers are faced with the possibility that one of his tall tales might have been true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd  so begins a frantic search for the boy and the truth. What they uncover  deep in the forest sets off a sequence of events that leads to murder,  leads to an old crime, leads to an old betrayal. Leads right to the door  of an old poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd now it is now, writes Ruth Zardo. And the dark thing is here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA monster once visited Three Pines. And put down deep roots. And now, Ruth knows, it is back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArmand  Gamache, the former head of homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, must  face the possibility that, in not believing the boy, he himself played a  terrible part in what happens next.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127853596912,"sku":"9781250022097","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250022097_p0.jpg?v=1763701857","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250022097","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}