{"product_id":"johnny-careless-9781250355102","title":"Johnny Careless","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A fast-moving classic crime novel\" (John Sandford) crafted by the veteran screenwriter and showrunner for the acclaimed police procedural series \u003ci\u003eBlue Bloods, Johnny Careless\u003c\/i\u003e is Kevin Wade's razor-sharp debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolice Chief Jeep Mullane has been bounced back home to Long Island's North Shore by a heartbreaking case that both earned him his NYPD detective's shield and burned him out of the Job. Now heading up a small local police department, he finds himself navigating the same geography he did growing up there as the son of an NYPD cop. Jeep is a \"have-not\" among the glittering \"haves,\" a sharp-witted, down-to-earth man in a territory defined and ruled by multigenerational wealth and power and the daunting tribal codes and customs that come with it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the corpse of Jeep's childhood friend Johnny Chambliss--born into privilege and known as \"Johnny Careless\" for his reckless, golden-boy antics--surfaces in the Bayville waters, past collides with present, and Jeep is pulled into a treacherous web. He is challenged by Johnny's wealthy and secretive family and his beautiful, enigmatic ex-wife as he untangles a knotted mystery fraught with theft, corrupt local moguls, and decades-old secrets, all while grappling with his own deep-seated grief for his lost pal. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA fast-paced story, \u003ci\u003eJohnny Careless\u003c\/i\u003e \"combines grit and wit in a way that conjures Donald Westlake or Robert Parker in full stride\" (Carl Hiassen).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Celadon Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250355102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2024 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kevin Wade","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44870721896629,"sku":"9781250355102","price":23.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1e2a2012-56d1-485d-a2d7-6ea5171a0700.jpg?v=1733241163","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/johnny-careless-9781250355102","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}