{"product_id":"9781783014132","title":"The Dead Don't Die","description":"'Crime sometimes creeps up on you like a search dog. Sometimes it arrives like a flash of lightning.'\u003cbr\u003eThese are the opening words of Paul Barker's second enthralling crime novel, The Dead Don't Die, starring his close-lipped private investigator, Taylor.\u003cbr\u003eRight on cue, a row breaks out in an obscure London restaurant. Suddenly the man at the heart of the\u003cbr\u003evociferous argument is bundled out into a car-and vanishes.\u003cbr\u003eHe's been kidnapped.\u003cbr\u003eBy sheer coincidence-or is it?-Taylor is eating, at the same moment, in the same unglamorous joint. The police see him as a prime witness.\u003cbr\u003eBut they are baffled. The wealthy, mysterious Mrs Diana Chan commissions Taylor to break the case. Her beautiful blonde daughter, Helen, is married to the missing man.\u003cbr\u003eNo ransom note is received. Why not?\u003cbr\u003eTaylor is drawn into the lethal network of a quarrelsome family. And into bitter international rivalries,\u003cbr\u003ereaching out to China, South Africa and Canada.\u003cbr\u003eOne family member tells Taylor : 'Death seems to follow us around.' In this gripping story, violent death strikes pitilessly-both in affluent suburbia and in modest terraces. Overseas as well as in the UK. \u003cbr\u003eTaylor featured in Barker's first e-book thriller, A Crooked Smile (2013). Both books break new ground. They overturn the hackneyed format of the police procedural.\u003cbr\u003eThis memorable new Taylor story is told with the author's characteristic vivid, stylish observation of people and places.\u003cbr\u003eIn his quest, Taylor faces the most relentless of killers. He encounters both beauty and the beast.\u003cbr\u003eBut can he ever put an end to the deaths-without losing his own life?\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Grainwater Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47152269721840,"sku":"9781783014132","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783014132_p0.jpg?v=1763722636","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783014132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}