{"product_id":"9781942212331","title":"The Poker Game: A Jack Dantzler Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eJudge Leonard Kurtz presides over a Saturday-night poker game fifty weeks each year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this is no ordinary game—it begins at precisely seven p.m. and lasts exactly twelve hours, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand to sit at the table, each of the six players must have ten-thousand dollars in cash. But then, on \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea warm summer night, five players are brutally murdered, victims of a single gunshot wound to \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe head.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVeteran homicide detective Jack Dantzler is faced with the task of finding the person—or \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epersons—responsible for the crime. His initial questions are, which of the victims was the \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprimary target, and what is the name of the missing player? Was that player lucky, or could he be \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe killer?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Dantzler begins to peel away the many layers of this baffling case, the answers he \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efinds are not what he expected. They put him on several different paths, including one that will \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebring him face to face with the only murderer he has failed to catch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Poker Game proves once again why critics have consistently praised Tom Wallace \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor his ability to “make his characters come alive,” while adding that he has done “a great job of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecreating a world-class detective in Dantzler.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSimply put: The Poker Game belongs on your must-read list.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hydra Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47044346872048,"sku":"9781942212331","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781942212331_p0.jpg?v=1763756043","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781942212331","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}