{"product_id":"9781943035007","title":"Hell Up in Houston","description":"A DRIFTER DETECTIVE NOVELLA. #2. \u003cbr\u003e(Paperback includes a preview of The Girls of Bunker Pines, the third book in the Drifter Detective series.) \u003cp\u003e-- \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHouston has been called \"a sprawling city of astronauts and cowboys, in the middle of a swamp.\" And now Jack Laramie, rural-wandering P.I., is headed up that way after his faithless DeSoto blows its radiator. Jack's got a bit of a past with the city, in the form of a Cajun P.I. named Lameaux--a guy who mixes his \"investigations\" with organized vice. So Jack decides to lay low, holing up in a swanky downtown hotel called the Fulton. It's a splurge after sleeping in an old horse trailer night after night, but Jack figures he deserves a break. Until the Fulton's grizzled house detective shows up with a proposition ...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJack's way out of his league this time around, and when he discovers a blackmailing scheme involving a famous industrialist, he finds himself bumping gun-barrels with the Federal Government. Survival's going to require throwing the P.I. code out the window. And some quick thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin Cash Laramie's hardluck grandson in this second installment of The Drifter Detective series, \"Hell Up in Houston.\" At around 15K words, it won't take too long--just remember to bring your Colt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BEAT to a PULP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063974445296,"sku":"9781943035007","price":6.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943035007_p0.jpg?v=1763800770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943035007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}