{"product_id":"9781440542183","title":"Operation Stranglehold","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrake wasn’t expecting visitors …\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhich is why he was so wary when Hazel told him about the two strangers pulling into their drive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrake watched as the two men got out of their car and walked toward them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey were Easterners; the cut of their business suits announced that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey didn’t look like hoods.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they weren’t cops. Drake had a built-in radar for fuzz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut there was something cop-like in the swaggering attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhoever they were Drake didn’t like them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEspecially when they tried to get smart with Hazel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat’s when Drake shot one in the arm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey quit fooling around then and handed Drake and envelope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was from Washington. About his friend Karl Erikson in a Spanish prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrake wasn’t thinking right then about his friend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was thinking that some damn fool in Washington had blown his cover. And he had better get the hell away fast before his past caught up with him again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Adams Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47142688391408,"sku":"9781440542183","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440542183_p0.jpg?v=1763758248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440542183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}