{"product_id":"9781449071431","title":"Thumbs Down","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe telephone's insistent ringing at three in the morning snatched Sam Workman from dreamless sleep.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     \"Hello,\" he mumbled.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     \"This is a warning,\" said a digitally altered voice. \"Leave Betterton now! If you don't, you won't live long enough to regret it.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     \"Who is this?\" Sam angrily demanded to a dead line.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     \"Unknown name, unknown number,\" blinked the call identifier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     \"Coward!\" Workman growled and slammed down the receiver.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     The call was the first episode in a conspiracy to force Sam and his business, B\u0026amp;W Concrete, out of Betterton or destroy them. Followed were attempts to oust B\u0026amp;W from two construction projects, a hospital addition and an engine plant, totaling $400 million in construction costs to yield B\u0026amp;W $10 million profits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Sam retains attorney Penn Roman to stem the tide of disastrous actions drowning B\u0026amp;W in a flood of claims of incompetency and fraud and more threats and violence against Sam, Penn, and Penn’s family. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     When a testing lab employee working on the projects disappears, and the newspaper prints libelous articles condemning B\u0026amp;W, Penn and Sam find themselves entangled in a web of greed, deceit, violence, and murder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e     Courageously, they face the schemers in an explosive and telling trial to the finish.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143187742960,"sku":"9781449071431","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781449071431_p0.jpg?v=1763830533","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449071431","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}