{"product_id":"9781868427116","title":"HITMEN FOR HIRE: Exposing South Africa's Underworld","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen you next sit down at your local coffee shop, look around you: there may just be a professional hitman sitting at the next table. As author Mark Shaw reveals in this highly original and informative book, the ‘upper world’ sails perilously close to the underworld.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHITMEN FOR HIRE\u003c\/strong\u003e takes the reader on a journey like no other, navigating a world of hammermen (hitmen), informers, rogue policemen, taxi bosses, gang leaders and crooked businessmen. The book examines a system in which contract killings have become the norm, looking at who arranges hits, where to find a hitman, and even what it is like to be a hitman – or woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince 1994, South Africa has witnessed some spectacular underworld killings associated with various industries and sectors. Drawing on over a thousand cases, from 2000 to 2016, Shaw reveals how these murders have an outsized impact on the evolution of both legal and illegal economic activity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jonathan Ball Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038933893360,"sku":"9781868427116","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781868427116_p0.jpg?v=1763601805","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781868427116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}