{"product_id":"9781938231094","title":"The True Detective","description":"\u003cb\u003eA detective searches for a missing boy in this “\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ecompulsively readable thriller” from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Car Thief\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Gil Dulac, a police investigator in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, sees his sleepy city infested with a pandemic of sexual depravity. So it’s no surprise to him when twelve-year-old Eric Wells goes missing. Now, as the clock winds down on a horrifying reality, the detective must use his wits, resolve, and experiences to somehow find the boy alive.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Theodore Weesner takes the reader deep into the conflicting desires and motivations of a broken family, a frustrated perpetrator, and an immensely complex cop, to create a lightning-fast literary thriller that is “both powerful and moving” (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “A crime novel that more than any other . . . takes in the whole situation of the crime. There are no obvious villains here, or easy answers. This is not a genre novel. It belongs on the literature shelf.” —\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"House of Stratus, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137810252016,"sku":"9781938231094","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781938231094_p0.jpg?v=1763662630","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781938231094","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}