{"product_id":"9781770905399","title":"Needles","description":"\u003cp\u003eLawyer Foster Cobb prosecutes the mysterious Dr. Au, the West Coast’s primary drug trafficker. But Cobb — under pressure of a failing practice and a disintegrating marriage — has himself taken up a long-abandoned heroin habit. With a racing plot and dramatic flip-flops, Deverell’s literary page-turner takes the reader into the seamy undergrowth of crooked cops, Asian drug lords, and a super-charged courtroom scene. Winner of the $50,000 Seal First Novel Prize in 1979, William Deverell’s \u003ccite\u003eNeedles\u003c\/cite\u003e has gone on to sell 250,000 copies. Deverell’s first novel launched his career, and since then his books have sold over 1,000,000 copies in various editions.\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e\"Deverell has a narrative style so lean that scenes and characters seem to explode on the page. He makes the evil of his plot breathtaking and his surprises like shattering glass.\"\u003cbr\u003e — Philadelphia Bulletin\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Spell-binding, first-rate. A brilliant craftsman.\"\u003cbr\u003e — Buffalo News\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169829044464,"sku":"9781770905399","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770905399_p0.jpg?v=1763706967","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770905399","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}