{"product_id":"9781250079558","title":"Speakeasy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this literate and action-packed historical thriller, set during World War II, a plucky code-breaker fights to keep a deadly secret as her Bonnie-and-Clyde past threatens to catch up with her.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty-year-old Lena Stillman is living a perfectly respectable life when a shocking newspaper headline calls up her past: it concerns her former lover, charismatic bank robber Bill Bagley. A romantic and charming figure, Lena had tried to forget him by resuming her linguistic studies, which led to her recruitment as a Navy code-breaker intercepting Japanese messages during World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut can Lena keep her own secrets? Threatening notes and the appearance of an old diary that recalls her gangster days are poised to upset her new life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhom can she really trust? Is there a spy among the code-breakers? And who is it that wants her dead?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Alisa Smith’s novel \u003ci\u003eSpeakeasy\u003c\/i\u003e, set in the thirties and forties, is written with great authority. A wonderful read, and very convincing.” —Richard Bausch, author of \u003ci\u003eSomething Is Out There\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePeace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046269567216,"sku":"9781250079558","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250079558_p0.jpg?v=1763702053","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250079558","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}