{"product_id":"9781439157596","title":"Blacklands","description":"\u003cb\u003eEIGHTEEN YEARS AGO\u003c\/b\u003e, Billy Peters disappeared. Everyone in town believes Billy was murdered—after all, serial killer Arnold Avery later admitted killing six other children and burying them on the same desolate moor that surrounds their small English village. Only Billy’s mother is convinced he is alive. She still stands lonely guard at the front window of her home, waiting for her son to return, while her remaining family fragments around her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut her twelve-year-old grandson Steven is determined to heal the cracks that gape between his nan, his mother, his brother, and himself. Steven desperately wants to bring his family closure, and if that means personally finding his uncle’s corpse, he’ll do it. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpending his spare time digging holes all over the moor in the hope of turning up a body is a long shot, but at least it gives his life purpose. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen at school, when the lesson turns to letter writing, Steven has a flash of inspiration . . . Careful to hide his identity, he secretly pens a letter to Avery in jail asking for help in finding the body of \"W.P.\"—William \"Billy\" Peters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a dangerous cat-and-mouse game. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJust as Steven tries to use Avery to pinpoint the gravesite, so Avery misdirects and teases his mysterious correspondent in order to relive his heinous crimes. And when Avery finally realizes that the letters he’s receiving are from a twelve-year-old boy, suddenly \u003ci\u003ehis \u003c\/i\u003elife has purpose too. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlthough his is \u003ci\u003efar \u003c\/i\u003emore dangerous . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlacklands \u003c\/i\u003eis a taut and chillingly brilliant debut that signals the arrival of a bright new voice in psychological suspense.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162963394800,"sku":"9781439157596","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439157596_p0.jpg?v=1763757532","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439157596","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}