{"product_id":"9781926971049","title":"The End of the Line","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's the winter of 1884, and five hundredCanadian Pacific Rail workers have halted their push through the Rockies atHolt City, an isolated shantytown in the shadow of the Continental Divide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe men are tired and cold, and patience is as scarce as the rationed food.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, Deek Penner, a CPR section boss, is brutally murdered at the end of the track. His body is found frozen on the banks of the Bow River.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDurrant Wallace, a veteran of the celebratedMarch West by the North West Mounted Police a decade earlier, is returned to active duty to investigate the murder. Durrant lost his leg in a gun battle with whiskey traders three years previous, and he struggles with being aMounted Police officer who cannot ride. When Durrant arrives, Holt City is ripe with possible suspects: illegal whiskey smugglers, spies for rival railways, explosives dealers and a mysterious Member of Parliament who insists on getting his meddling fingers into everybody else's business.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDurrant must use his cunning and determination to discover to identify the killer before he finds his next victim and derails the great Canadian national dream in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TouchWood Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049850978544,"sku":"9781926971049","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781926971049_p0.jpg?v=1763636145","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781926971049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}