{"product_id":"9781497652842","title":"Wild Pitch","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist of the American West comes the first installment in a mystery series as entertaining as the Montana sky is big\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A self-made cattle baron with a bad habit of letting his stock graze on his neighbors’ property, Buster Hogue has stepped on plenty of toes in Midbury, Montana. But orneriness is a virtue in this rough and beautiful land, and Buster’s disputes have always ended amicably—until tonight. Shot in the head at a picnic outside town, the crusty old rancher is rushed to the hospital barely alive. On a night when the moon shone bright enough to take target practice by, no one saw who pulled the trigger or where the bullet came from.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e With a plethora of motives and no real evidence, Sheriff Chick Charleston sets out to solve his first case of attempted murder. Aided by his eager sidekick, seventeen-year-old local pitching prospect Jason Beard, the sheriff employs every ounce of his wit, intelligence, and intuition to track down the ruthless sniper. The trail ends in a climactic showdown that will change the investigative duo’s lives forever.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Populated with a colorful cast of local characters and enlivened by a wry humor and A. B. Guthrie Jr.’s keen appreciation for the rhythms of small-town Western life, \u003ci\u003eWild Pitch \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of an impossible crime and the two men clever enough to solve it.","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132051636464,"sku":"9781497652842","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781497652842_p0.jpg?v=1769895989","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781497652842","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}