{"product_id":"9781927380796","title":"Thorazine Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner, 35th International 3-Day Novel Contest \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJack Minyard is a private eye down on his luck. He’s badly overweight and on the wrong side of sixty. He’s lost his marriage, and maybe a little of his mind, too. After narrowly escaping charges in a statewide fraud and money laundering scandal, Jack has been working private contracts and counting on the kindness of strangers (not to mention a pile of prescription drugs) to get by. In a last-ditch play to resurrect his career, Jack takes on a case that puts him on the wrong side of the tracks and in the midst of some of the roughest trade going.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThorazine Beach\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is recommended as a solid example of 'marathon' novel-writing and as a biting commentary on the cracks beneath social facades.\" (\u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eRuby, Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e(the first in the Jack Minyard series):\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eRuby, Ruby\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies the genre … it features a couple of ugly murders in the finest 3-day tradition, weird cop Jimmy Page, a half dozen or so y’allin Tenneseeans both black and white and a church-going Rotarian detective who tells the story in a wisecracking style…” (\u003ci\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anvil Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154537857264,"sku":"9781927380796","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781927380796_p0.jpg?v=1763636690","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781927380796","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}