{"product_id":"9781498244961","title":"The Beadle Files: Graveyard Promises","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraveyard Promises is the first installment of The Beadle Files, a hardboiled suspense series set in the Roaring Twenties. Prohibition is the law of the land. Social and economic fluctuations are sweeping across the country, and organized crime has become a volatile influence—it is the era of gangland infighting for territory and control of the flow of liquor. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main character in the ensemble cast is LC Beadle, a World War I foreign correspondent who is now stateside in Durango, Colorado. Following a lead, the newspaperman gets caught up in a murder mystery that has conspiratorial undercurrents involving the Chicago rackets. Trouble or the threat of it is an ever-present reality leaping off the pages like an aggressive terrier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchemes and plotlines jump from the Backdoor Vault to Triad Medical to Rooster's Barnyard to Jewel's Tea \u0026amp; Spice Emporium to the Kilkenny Social Club. The narrative entwines around the life and times of a legendary lawman and his family. Supernatural elements are woven into the fabric of story arcs as the age-old war between good and evil continues unabated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDespair is at odds with hope while hints of tragedy lurk in the shadows. The words of Yaz Lightfoot, a deeply spiritual Lakota Sioux man, serve as an overarching theme: \"Justice demands the fidelity of principled men.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wipf \u0026 Stock Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47126953066736,"sku":"9781498244961","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781498244961_p0.jpg?v=1763708402","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781498244961","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}