{"product_id":"a-death-in-the-deluge-9781648756962","title":"A Death in the Deluge","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe water is rising. Time is running out. And somewhere, a killer waits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA .22 bullet to the head. The murderer's calling card, left behind with Kimberly Sheehan's body on Spartina Island. Her fifteen-year-old daughter Emily? Vanished without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetired detective Sean Tanner and Sergeant Charlotte \"Charlie\" Nash are racing against a merciless countdown. This isn't the killer's first victim--fourteen years ago, teenager Ashlee Briggs was abducted and executed with the same weapon. Sean's cold case team, the Mudflats Murder Club, had long believed a serial predator was hunting on their turf. Now they're certain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA third body drops--same .22 signature--and the pattern is undeniable. As a Category 3 hurricane barrels toward the coast and evacuation orders scatter the population, the island empties fast. But is Emily still on it? With official efforts paralyzed by the storm, Sean and Charlie launch a desperate, off-the-books search--cut off from backup, out of time, and heading straight into a deadly trap where the flood hides every trace, the wind drowns every sound, and survival isn't guaranteed...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrian Thiem, a former detective and cold case investigator, returns with a mystery that's intricately built, character-rich, and full of quiet menace. \u003cem\u003eA Death in the Deluge\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read for fans of \u003cem\u003eThe Thursday Murder Club\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOnly Murders in the Building\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e___________________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Brian Thiem: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eTotally charming and completely relatable...I'm dubbing it Only Murders in the Mudflats! What a winner!\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Hank Phillippi Ryan, USA Today bestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eA sophisticated, pulsing, persistent police procedural with multiple whodunnits and secrets that come at you from all angles...A highly satisfying read.\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Chris Bauer, author of the Maximum Risk series\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003e...I loved the people, the place, the detection process--and the hint of romance!\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Jane K. Cleland, Agatha Award-winning author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSometimes the cop can't quit the job. Sometimes the job won't let them...This is a must read series!\u003c\/em\u003e\" \u003cstrong\u003e--Bruce Robert Coffin, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eCrimson Thaw\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Recommend to fans of Richard Osman and Robert Thorogood.\"\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e--Booklist\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn River Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648756962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Brian Thiem","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604442673333,"sku":"9781648756962","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f9a94aec-4162-497a-af5b-7de2ec949495.jpg?v=1780454253","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-death-in-the-deluge-9781648756962","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}