{"product_id":"everybody-knows-9780316457910","title":"Everybody Knows","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast in \"one of the best LA noir novels I've ever read\" (Attica Locke).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The book everybody's been waiting for\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Connelly\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"An absolute tour de force\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"The best mystery novel I've read in years\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--James Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Welcome to Mae Pruett's Los Angeles, where \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.\" \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAs a \"black-bag\" publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA's most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls \"The Beast.\" They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel in a random attack, Mae takes it upon herself to investigate and runs headfirst into The Beast's lawless machinations and the twisted systems it exists to perpetuate. It takes her on a roving neon joyride through a Los Angeles full of influencers pumped full of pills and fillers; sprawling mansions footsteps away from sprawling homeless encampments; crooked cops and mysterious wrecking crews in the middle of the night. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Edgar Award-winner Jordan Harper's EVERYBODY KNOWS is addicting and alarming, a \"juggernaut of a novel\" and \"an absolute tour de force.\" It is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes, and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mulholland Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316457910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022 pg. 3\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jordan Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42506292068533,"sku":"9780316457910","price":23.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6c0cea5c-b745-4fbf-a89d-33a43b139fa1.jpg?v=1668527827","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/everybody-knows-9780316457910","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}