{"product_id":"pay-dirt-road-9781250882929","title":"Pay Dirt Road","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eMare of Easttown\u003c\/i\u003e in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private investigator searching for a missing waitress. \u003ci\u003ePay Dirt Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the mesmerizing debut from the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Samantha Jayne Allen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie McIntyre has a love\/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently graduated from college and home waitressing, lacking not in ambition but certainly in direction, Annie is lured into the family business--a private investigation firm--by her supposed-to-be-retired grandfather, Leroy, despite the rest of the clan's misgivings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a waitress at the café goes missing, Annie and Leroy begin an investigation that leads them down rural routes and haunted byways, to noxious-smelling oil fields and to the glowing neon of local honky-tonks. As Annie works to uncover the truth she finds herself identifying with the victim in increasing, unsettling ways, and realizes she must confront her own past--failed romances, a disturbing experience she'd rather forget, and the trick mirror of nostalgia itself--if she wants to survive this homecoming.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/14\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250882929\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Samantha Jayne Allen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42599665238197,"sku":"9781250882929","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_83ea2b47-7884-42a6-8056-12b6b44d518b.jpg?v=1673999692","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pay-dirt-road-9781250882929","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}