{"product_id":"9781469752563","title":"Degas Street: A Novel","description":"Clearwater, Florida a tropical paradise where sunshine is a way of life. A beach town where families come to live out their vacation dreams on the sandy beaches of Florida's West Coast. But there's a teeming underbelly to this idyllic postcard-friendly town-an underbelly they fight for you not to see. For Clearwater is a place where drugs, prostitution and murder are a way of life, just like any town in America. It is not supposed to happen here, but it does-every day.   \u003cp\u003ePaul Easterman, a reporter whose once brilliant career has passed him by, is hiding from a past he can do nothing about. Rebecca Madison, a fifteen-year-old prostitute whose never had a chance in her wretched life, is trying to survive one more night. Thrown together by circumstances beyond their control, they must find a way to stay alive, save her from a life on the streets and redeem their shattered dreams. To do this they must fight the FBI, a sadistic hit man, a pimp hell bent on running the streets his way and each other.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBut first-they have to survive Degas Street.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126033989872,"sku":"9781469752563","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781469752563_p0.jpg?v=1763700082","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781469752563","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}