{"product_id":"9781943402847","title":"American Static","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter being beaten and left for dead, Steven finds himself stranded alongside the 101 in a small Northern California town. When a mysterious stranger named Quinn offers a hand in exchange for help reuniting with his daughter in San Francisco, Steven gets in the car and begins a journey from which there is no return. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuinn has an agenda all his own and he#\u0026amp;146;s unleashing vengeance at each stop along his path. With a coked-up sadist ex-cop chasing Quinn, and two mismatched small town cops chasing the ex-cop, Steven is unaware of the violent tempest brewing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorrupt cops and death-dealing gangsters manipulate the maze each of them must navigate to get to the one thing they#\u0026amp;146;re all after: Teresa, the girl holding the secret that will rip open a decades-old scandal and scorch San Francisco#\u0026amp;146;s City Hall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteven finds Teresa homeless and strung out as their pursuers close in and bodies begin to pile high on the Bay Area#\u0026amp;146;s back streets. Hand in hand Steven and Teresa lead the mad parade of desperate men to the edge of the void. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Static\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a fast paced crime thriller with a mystery woven in. It#\u0026amp;146;s played out against the backdrop of Northern California#\u0026amp;146;s wine country, Oakland#\u0026amp;146;s mean streets, and San Francisco#\u0026amp;146;s peaks and alleys, written by one of its favorite sons, a man who knows the underbelly of the city like no one else. \u003ci\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Static\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e#\u0026amp;146;s prose has been compared to Elmore Leonard, Richard Price, and Don Winslow.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Down \u0026 Out Books II, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051169136880,"sku":"9781943402847","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943402847_p0.jpg?v=1763801779","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943402847","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}