{"product_id":"9781440633645","title":"Murder Can Crash Your Party: A Desiree Shapiro Mystery","description":"Her love affair with boyfriend Nick is in jeopardy, and her career is currently in free fall. So when full-figured Manhattan PI Desiree Shapiro is invited to speak at a mystery writers’ convention in Connecticut, she figures a few days away will do her good and she accepts. (Even though the very \u003ci\u003eidea \u003c\/i\u003eof speaking in public shakes her to the roots of her glorious, hennaed hair.)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e To Desiree’s surprise, her talk is a hit. But she receives an even bigger surprise the following morning, when eccentric author Belle Simone approaches her with a truly bizarre proposition. If Desiree can solve the mystery in Belle’s yet unpublished novel, she’ll be paid $24,940! A tantalizing whodunit and an astonishing payout. How can she possibly resist?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Desire soon becomes engrossed in Belle’s story of adultery and murder in a wealthy New York family. But there’s a much bigger mystery to be resolved. Why would anyone pay her such an exorbitant sum to solve a homicide that exists only on paper?","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123551518960,"sku":"9781440633645","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781440633645_p0.jpg?v=1763792484","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781440633645","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}