{"product_id":"no-one-leaves-the-castle-9780062341945","title":"No One Leaves the Castle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Brothers Grimm meets \u003cem\u003eKnives Out\u003c\/em\u003e in this unexpected, hilarious, and wholly original fantasy-murder-mystery.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Lilac\u003c\/em\u003e. The bard songs say that she's the world's most fearsome bounty hunter. That there's no criminal she can't catch, no mystery she can't solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of that is true. Yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn reality, the Lilac is just a kid, and the bard who wrote all that is her best friend, Dulcinetta. But the Lilac has set her goals on becoming the best bounty hunter in the Thirteen Kingdoms--and when a priceless artifact goes missing from the home of famed monster hunter Baron Angbar, the Lilac and Netta are eager to apprehend the thief and make a name for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut when their investigation brings them to a dinner party at Castle Angbar, and they meet the Angbar family and their servants and guests--an unsavory group of nobles, mages, and assorted creatures, each more shady than the last--the Lilac begins to wonder if the reward is worth the trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that's \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e the dead body is discovered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, everyone is magically sealed inside the castle--and there is a murderer among them. If the Lilac wants to make it out with her reputation intact, it's going to be up to her to figure out who the killer is. But everyone in the castle--even the Lilac herself--has secrets to hide, and as the walls literally start to close in around them, the Lilac worries that her first job as a bounty hunter may be her last...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walden Pond Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062341945\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/12\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Christopher Healy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916762222773,"sku":"9780062341945","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e3a80d58-83e1-403f-b943-0cf2ab5c2f5a.jpg?v=1687270400","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/no-one-leaves-the-castle-9780062341945","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}