{"product_id":"9781590582206","title":"A Case of Imagination (Madeleine Maclin Series #1)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\"\"On this nice July morning in Parkland, North Carolina, the office of Madeline Maclin Investigations might as well have been an Egyptian tomb: hot, dusty, and dead.\"\" It doesn't help that her landlord Reid Kent, does a brisk businessand briskly hits on Mac to rejoin his agency. He maintains no one will hire a former Miss Parkland as a serious PI.\u003cp\u003eMac has been friends forever with Jerry Fairweather. Jerry claims to be psychic and is, unlike his two brothers, somewhat screwy. And he refuses to claim a share in the Fairweather fortune. But he shares some good news with Mac -- his Uncle Val has died and left him a house. The two friends drive out to Celosia, a half hour away, where they discover a local beauty pageant in trouble and a house just perfect for setting up shop. A Psychic Shop. The arrival of lawyer Olivia, Jerry's shark-like girlfriend, rouses both Mac's interest in the mystery at the pageant and the one in her own heart. And then comes the first murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Case of Imagination is Jane Tesh's playful first mystery, the start of a series by an author who admires Terry Pratchett, Martha Grimes, Carl Hiaasen, and P.G. Wodehouse.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053242630384,"sku":"9781590582206","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590582206_p0.jpg?v=1763807409","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590582206","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}