{"product_id":"everybody-knows-9780316458023","title":"Everybody Knows","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"hardboiled mystery\" (Maureen Corrigan) from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Edgar Award-winner Jordan Harper's \u003ci\u003eEverybody Knows \u003c\/i\u003eis 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRecommended by\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eNPR\/Fresh Air \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLA Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e-\u003cb\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eAlta Online \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eLit Hub\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e- \u003cb\u003eNBC\/TODAY and many more!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - \u003cb\u003eAn ABA January 2023 Indie Next List Pick \u003c\/b\u003e- \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The book everybody's been waiting for\" --Michael Connelly \u003cbr\u003e \"An absolute tour de force\"--S. A. Cosby \u003cbr\u003e \"The best mystery novel I've read in years\" --James Patterson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mulholland Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316458023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352","brand":"Jordan Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43378214928565,"sku":"9780316458023","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_894e25d8-47ff-4b7a-8a03-7d5d49f97209.jpg?v=1701751457","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/everybody-knows-9780316458023","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}