{"product_id":"9781946250087","title":"Murder at Mason's Mesa","description":"\u003cp\u003eDr. Charles Quincy Kruse accompanies a small group of students to a minor archaeological site, where his students join students and teachers from a handful of other colleges. In addition to work at the dig students must attend lectures by college professors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe excavation proves to be anything but routine. The students and teachers must contend with a ferocious storm, flooding, vandalism, arson, drug smuggling, the murder of a student and the discovery of the body of a stranger on Mason’s Mesa. Dr. Kruse renews an old friendship with Dr. Page, which intensifies and transitions into a full blown romance. Dr. Kruse uses his wits to rescue Dr. Page when she was kidnapped; however, during their escape they fall into a hidden burial chamber. While he is trying to discover the motive behind the vandalism, arson and murders, and narrow escaping being killed a number of times, he struggles to find an explanation for Page’s apparent waning love for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Venture Publishing LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040613384432,"sku":"9781946250087","price":13.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781946250087_p0.jpg?v=1763808747","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781946250087","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}