{"product_id":"9781453259719","title":"The Boy Who Never Grew Up","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Hollywood ghostwriter and his basset hound explore the deadly world of high-stakes divorce in this hilarious mystery from an Edgar Award–winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Matthew Wax is an overgrown kid with a taste for sweets, go-kart racing, and wholesome family comedy. He’s also the most successful director in Hollywood, a golden boy whose films are toothache sweet and spit-shine clean. But when his wife, leading lady Pennyroyal Brim, tires of life in a G-rated wonderland, she brings in the most ruthless lawyer on the West Coast: the notorious Abel Zorch. To win the divorce settlement, Zorch drags Wax through the mud, accusing him of perversion, misogyny, and abuse. So when Pennyroyal announces a tell-all memoir, Wax has only one choice: to call in Stewart “Hoagy” Hoag, ghostwriter to the stars.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Working with Wax, Hoagy and his basset hound, Lulu, get closer to the boy wonder than anyone else ever has. But when Zorch turns up dead, Wax is the prime suspect—followed closely by every spurned husband in Beverly Hills—and to clear their client’s name, the amateur sleuth and his canine companion will have to leave La-La Land behind and cross over to the dark side of Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From Edgar Award–winning author David Handler, \u003ci\u003eThe Boy Who Never Grew Up\u003c\/i\u003e is a razor-sharp entry in the beloved Stewart Hoag Mysteries, called an “all-time favorite series” by Harlan Coben. The funniest sleuth around, Hoagy knows that quick wit can overcome any obstacle—even murder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Boy Who Never Grew Up \u003ci\u003eis the 5th book in the Stewart Hoag Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    ","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47143285424368,"sku":"9781453259719","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453259719_p0.jpg?v=1763849222","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453259719","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}