{"product_id":"buzzkill-9780991151660","title":"Buzzkill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Am I going to die?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighteen-year-old Mary Jane Bailey is sprawled on her back in a weed-choked field, bleeding from a cut on her forehead, when she asks that question to the man in a sharkskin suit standing over her holding a straight razor. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is 1968. Jane is both a student and snitch. A federal agency asks her to keep her eyes open and report on potentially violent activities at Cal State Long Beach. For reasons even she doesn't understand, Jane agrees. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGo with her as she encounters vicious thugs, police and pot heads, goes to a beach party where she takes midnight swim through the red tide, all the while trying to infiltrate a radical group and establish whether they're as dangerous as they seem. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd the man with a straight razor standing over Jane? He answers her question with a single word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Yes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A historical thriller enriched by characters who sparkle and refuse to be forgotten. Jane, for starters, is a remarkable protagonist . . . The story thoroughly embodies the '60s era, both its anti-war sentiments and pop culture. The decade is also humorously portrayed . . .\" - \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuzzkill\u003c\/em\u003e and its companion novel \u003cem\u003eCrashpad \u003c\/em\u003eare the latest thrillers by James R. Preston, author of the Surf City Mysteries and two-time recipient of the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference Award for Fiction. His works have been described as \"beach noir\" and \"Margaritaville, but with guns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rendrag Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780991151660\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 182\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018 pg. 163\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James R. Preston","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38013185163445,"sku":"9780991151660","price":8.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8d586947-53b5-42e8-a8ac-e34c6e212b4b.jpg?v=1609140108","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/buzzkill-9780991151660","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}