{"product_id":"9781504015998","title":"The Corpse That Never Was","description":"\u003cb\u003eMike Shayne finds strange secrets hidden beneath the cover of a grisly double suicide\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It’s 10:30 pm, and Mike Shayne is sipping cognac, ruminating on the perfection of Lucy Hamilton’s fried chicken, when a shotgun fires upstairs. Following the acrid stench of gunpowder to a locked door halfway down the hall, Shayne has no choice but to batter it down, tumbling face first into the scene of a particularly ugly double suicide. The woman lies on the floor in the middle of the sitting room, her face twisted by the deadly kiss of cyanide. A few feet beyond her body is what remains of a man, his head obliterated by the shotgun’s blast.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The woman’s father is one of Miami’s power brokers, and he refuses to believe that his daughter would end her life over a silly affair. Isn’t it possible, he asks, that she was murdered? Convinced or not, Shayne is the only man ruthless enough to find out.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Corpse That Never Was \u003c\/i\u003eis the 46th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127096819952,"sku":"9781504015998","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504015998_p0.jpg?v=1763711207","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504015998","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}