{"product_id":"a-secret-lies-in-new-orleans-9781649131911","title":"A Secret Lies in New Orleans","description":"\u003cp\u003eA Secret Lies in New Orleans\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy: Ron Wallace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 96-year-old retired U.S. Marshal and co-founder of Cowboys and Indians Detective Agency, William Matthew Wallace, receives a painting signed by his long-dead father in the mail from his former colleague living in New Orleans, an eight-decades-old family mystery unravels, and his son and godson are sent to investigate the circumstances for him. From pre-statehood Oklahoma into the turn of the twenty-first century, the family's secrets are brought to light as a modern crime evolves from the past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRon Wallace is an Oklahoma native and currently an adjunct instructor of English at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, in Durant, Oklahoma, where he was born and raised. His father served as a police officer there, rising to the rank of captain. He is the author of ten books of poetry, five of which have been finalists in the Oklahoma Book Awards with \u003cem\u003eRenegade and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e winning the 2018 Oklahoma Book Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInfluenced by the styles of Robert B. Parker, Peter Bowen, and James Lee Burke, his novel, \u003cem\u003eA Secret Lies in New Orleans\u003c\/em\u003e is the prize-winning poet's first venture into prose, although a second book is nearing completion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dorrance Publishing Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/24\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781649131911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Ron Wallace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41521389830325,"sku":"9781649131911","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_76fe93a6-8092-46ce-bb89-f3f66762570f.jpg?v=1641918195","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-secret-lies-in-new-orleans-9781649131911","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}