{"product_id":"9781429981835","title":"Killing Time: A Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty-one-year-old Natalie Price has a tough job. A superintendent in the Massachussetts prison system, she rules over inmates' lives just before they get released. She's had to fight hard to be taken seriously in this harsh world, a world that is mostly male--on both sides of the bars. But she believes in what she's doing, and she's good at it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, however, she gets the biggest challenge of her six-year career when a good friend, a college professor who was teaching one of Natalie's charges, is brutally murdered. Natalie had gone out on a limb to give this inmate, a convicted rapist named Dean Walsh, this opportunity, and it looks like Dean certainly made the most of it: He's the prime suspect. But he's not the only one, and Natalie's job--maybe even her life--rides on the investigation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeppered with the gritty details of prison life, Title delivers a gripping, atmospheric story bursting with authenticity. All in all, \u003ci\u003eKilling Time\u003c\/i\u003e is an ambitious beginning to what promises to be an outstanding new crime fiction series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153913430256,"sku":"9781429981835","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429981835_p0.jpg?v=1769903141","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429981835","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}