{"product_id":"a-bone-to-pick-with-murder-9781972624043","title":"A Bone to Pick With Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen a tenant stops paying rent, property manager Crystal Waters does what any responsible landlord would do - she knocks on the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe wasn't expecting to find Victor Hale dead in his armchair. She definitely wasn't expecting her three miniature dachshunds to find what the police missed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor was quiet, paid cash, and kept to himself. The medical examiner calls it cardiac arrest. Detective Briggs closes his notebook. Case closed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExcept Bella doesn't drop things she finds under beds. Daisy doesn't bark at trash cans without a reason. And Minnie doesn't sit in the middle of a dead man's apartment with her ears flat unless something is very wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prescription bottle with the scratched-off label is only the beginning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Crystal untangles Victor's carefully hidden past - a nervous old friend, a daughter who arrived too quickly, and a former business partner carrying a twelve-year-old secret - she discovers that the quiet man in apartment fourteen had been building a case against a very powerful person for a very long time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone made sure he never got the chance to use it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Lance working the official investigation and three opinionated dachshunds leading her to evidence no one else thought to look for, Crystal is about to learn that in Riverside Towers, the quietest tenants always have the loudest secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVictor Hale spent twelve years waiting for the truth to surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCrystal Waters has a master key and three dachshunds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eClose enough.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Winged Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781972624043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.46d","brand":"Cynthia Hickey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52715628724405,"sku":"9781972624043","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-bone-to-pick-with-murder-9781972624043","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}