{"product_id":"9781439105511","title":"The Last Embrace","description":"Los Angeles 1949. A city of big dreams and dark shadows... \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lily Kessler, a former stenographer and spy for the OSS, comes to Los Angeles to find her late fiancé's sister Kitty, an actress who is missing from her Hollywood boardinghouse. The next day, Kitty's body is found in a ravine below the Hollywood sign. Unimpressed by the local police, Lily investigates on her own. As she delves into Kitty's life, she encounters fiercely competitive starlets, gangsters, an eccentric special-effects genius, exotic denizens of Hollywood's nightclubs, and a homicide detective who might distract her from her quest for justice. But the landscape in L.A. can shift kaleidoscopically, and Lily begins to see how easily a young woman can lose her balance and fall prey to the alluring city's dangers.... \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With vibrant characters and unerring insight into the desires and dark impulses that can flare between men and women, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Embrace\u003c\/i\u003e showcases Denise Hamilton at the height of her storytelling powers as she transports readers to a fascinating, transitional time in one of America's most beguiling cities.","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142817661168,"sku":"9781439105511","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439105511_p0.jpg?v=1763756070","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439105511","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}