{"product_id":"9781453259658","title":"Brides of Blood","description":"\u003cb\u003eA detective fights corruption in a city whose most vicious killers work for the state\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than a decade after the dawn of Iran’s Islamic Republic, Darius Bakhtiar still chafes under the harsh yoke of Sharia law. He is an alcoholic in a country where intoxication is punishable by whipping, and a homicide detective in a society that sees death as an opportunity for martyrdom. In Teheran, a young woman is found murdered, but her makeup and scanty clothing mark her as a prostitute, and Bakhtiar’s superiors tell him to make only a cursory inquiry. But what he uncovers suggests that this brutal killing was not random, and points to a sickening hypocrisy at the heart of the fundamentalist government. Few outside the Ayatollah’s inner sanctum know of the Brides of Blood. A sect of virgin zealots, these women live and die for the afterlife, killing infidels to gain a seat in heaven. As he digs deeper into the conspiracy, Bakhtiar learns that in a religious dictatorship, there is nothing more dangerous than asking questions.","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143290175728,"sku":"9781453259658","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453259658_p0.jpg?v=1763846602","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453259658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}