{"product_id":"9781504048514","title":"The Right Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eA dozen murders and counting—and any one of them could lead a Chicago attorney to a hotheaded female tycoon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It’s 11:59 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and criminal lawyer John J. Malone is nursing his blues in a Chicago dive bar. He’s been two-timed by his inamorata and abandoned by his favorite gumshoe partners, crime reporter Jake Justus and socialite Helene Brand, for their Bermuda honeymoon. But Malone’s not lonely for long. Suddenly, a stranger staggers into the bar, calls out the attorney’s name, and drops dead—stabbed in the back. In his possession is a key that could unlock the cold heart of Mona McClane, a wealthy and beautiful thrill-seeker who once challenged Jake in a high-stakes gamble: She’d bet him she could get away with murder.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Is this dead man a pawn in Mona’s game? If so, thank goodness Jake and Helene’s honeymoon turned as a sour as a margarita. They’re already back in town, at odds, yet ready to play. With a crazy wager like Mona’s, Malone fears they’ll be ringing in the New Year with a countdown of corpses.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The first mystery writer to ever make the cover of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, Craig Rice is “the Queen of the Surrealistic Crime Story” (\u003ci\u003eThrilling Detective\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The Right Murder \u003ci\u003eis the 2nd book in the John J. Malone Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"MysteriousPress.com\/Open Road","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47136981942512,"sku":"9781504048514","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504048514_p0.jpg?v=1769897923","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504048514","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}