{"product_id":"9781922187000","title":"Clint Folsom Mysteries Compendium: Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this first volume of the \u003ci\u003eClint Folsom Mysteries Compendium,\u003c\/i\u003e which includes a previously unpublished Clint Folsom adventure, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Manhattan,\u003c\/i\u003e the initial development of the promiscuous NYPD homicide detective into a life as a satyriasis and adventure-ridden police investigator is traced chronologically. This four-book set takes Clint from his upbringing in the Hollywood home of movie stars and the influences of hedonism and sexual want and preference for men through his training for a career in law enforcement, beyond the tragic loss of his first serious lover, and to his steeling as a detective in a special NYPD homicide squad. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first segment in this compendium, \u003ci\u003eDeath to Innocence,\u003c\/i\u003e a precursor to the Clint Folsom mystery series. illuminates the elements of the slow, but relentless, death of young Folsom's adolescent innocence under highly unusual circumstances in narcissistic and hedonist Hollywood. The previously unpublished \u003ci\u003eDeath in Manhattan\u003c\/i\u003e traces the path of Clint's first attempt at a fully committed relationship. And memories of his relationship with Brad feature prominently in all of the following books. \u003ci\u003eDeath on the Rhine\u003c\/i\u003e has Clint Folsom taking leave from his job in an investigation of an international crime syndicate and pursuing a killer to a Rhine River gay male-oriented cruise ship, the MS River God. In the fourth murder mystery, \u003ci\u003eDeath in Eden,\u003c\/i\u003e Folsom finds himself summoned to a wealthy hunt country suburb of Washington, D.C., to whitewash the murder of a former Mafia sex-torture assassin. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Clint Folsom Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e will continue and conclude with the forthcoming second compendium volume. This volume, which will extend Folsom's adventures to Key West, Florida; the Rocky Mountains; and even back to his roots in Hollywood, also includes-and concludes with-a previously unpublished book, \u003ci\u003eDeath to the Past.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbarianspy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039557828848,"sku":"9781922187000","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781922187000_p0.jpg?v=1763633787","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781922187000","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}