{"product_id":"real-bad-things-9781662500091","title":"Real Bad Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eCottonmouths\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2017, comes an evocative suspense about the cost of keeping secrets and the dangers of coming home.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeneath the roiling waters of the Arkansas River lie dead men and buried secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jane Mooney's violent stepfather, Warren, disappeared, most folks in Maud Bottoms, Arkansas, assumed he got drunk and drowned. After all, the river had claimed its share over the years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jane confessed to his murder, she should have gone to jail. That's what she wanted. But without a body, the police didn't charge her with the crime. So Jane left for Boston--and took her secrets with her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-five years later, the river floods and a body surfaces. Talk of Warren's murder grips the town. Now in her forties, Jane returns to Maud Bottoms to reckon with her past: to do jail time, to face her revenge-bent mother, to make things right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut though Jane's homecoming may enlighten some, it could threaten others. Because in this desolate river valley, some secrets are better left undisturbed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662500091\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kelly J. Ford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42268673769653,"sku":"9781662500091","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e2bcd0f8-d9c8-44ce-a7b7-85d25794edbc.jpg?v=1657033878","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/real-bad-things-9781662500091","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}