{"product_id":"9781431405046","title":"Just a Dead Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eLaura Marsh, an art teacher and single mother, is horrified when a visiting friend—a Zimbabwean refugee and an artist—finds a corpse in the plantations near her home. When the friend, Daniel, is arrested for the murder, Laura assumes he has been pegged due to his being a foreigner. However, a connection between Daniel and the dead man emerges, and the situation becomes even more complicated as some politically well-connected people are lurking in the background of the case. Resenting the police’s unwillingness to look beyond Daniel for a suspect, Laura puts her own life at risk. The story of a woman trying to move on following her divorce, this crime novel also touches upon the issues of xenophobia and racism in South Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jacana Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052948209904,"sku":"9781431405046","price":23.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781431405046_p0.jpg?v=1763751120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781431405046","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}