{"product_id":"9781633883611","title":"Written in Blood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA career homicide detective returns to his small hometown and is soon asked to investigate a series of local murders with a perverse literary twist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Joe \"Preach\" Everson, a prison chaplain turned police officer, is coming home. After a decade tracking down killers in Atlanta, and with a reputation as one of the finest homicide detectives in the city, his career derailed when he suffered a mental breakdown during the investigation of a serial killer who was targeting children. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo sooner does Preach arrive at home in Creekville, North Carolina—a bohemian community near Chapel Hill—than a local bookstore owner is brutally killed, the first murder in a decade. The only officer with homicide experience, Preach is assigned to the case and makes a shocking discovery: the bookstore owner has been murdered in exactly the same manner as the pawnbroker in Dostoevsky's \u003ci\u003eCrime and Punishment\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the help of Ariana Hale, a law student and bibliophile who knew the victim, Preach investigates the local writer's community. As their questions increase, a second body is found, this time eerily resembling the crime scene in a famous Edgar Allan Poe novella. Preach and Ariana realize that their adversary is an intelligent, literate killer with a mind as devious as it is disturbed. And one or both of them may be his next target.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Prometheus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47052146639088,"sku":"9781633883611","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781633883611_p0.jpg?v=1763679478","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781633883611","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}