{"product_id":"ripper-9780062291400","title":"Ripper","description":"\u003cp\u003eIsabel Allende--the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author whose books, including \u003cem\u003eMaya's Notebook, Island Beneath the Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eZorro\u003c\/em\u003e, have sold more than 57 million copies around the world--demonstrates her remarkable literary versatility with \u003cem\u003eRipper\u003c\/em\u003e, an atmospheric, fast-paced mystery involving a brilliant teenage sleuth who must unmask a serial killer in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jackson women, Indiana and Amanda, have always had each other. Yet, while their bond is strong, mother and daughter are as different as night and day. Indiana, a beautiful holistic healer, is a free-spirited bohemian. Long divorced from Amanda's father, she's reluctant to settle down with either of the men who want her--Alan, the wealthy scion of one of San Francisco's elite families, and Ryan, an enigmatic, scarred former Navy SEAL.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile her mom looks for the good in people, Amanda is fascinated by the dark side of human nature, like her father, the SFPD's Deputy Chief of Homicide. Brilliant and introverted, the MIT-bound high school senior is a natural-born sleuth addicted to crime novels and Ripper, the online mystery game she plays with her beloved grandfather and friends around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a string of strange murders occurs across the city, Amanda plunges into her own investigation, discovering, before the police do, that the deaths may be connected. But the case becomes all too personal when Indiana suddenly vanishes. Could her mother's disappearance be linked to the serial killer? Now, with her mother's life on the line, the young detective must solve the most complex mystery she's ever faced before it's too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062291400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013 pg. 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2013 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/23\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014 pg. 63 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/24\/2014 pg. 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/02\/2014 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2014 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/09\/2014 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2014 pg. 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Isabel Allende","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43124362018997,"sku":"9780062291400","price":24.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_33f0c1f7-70f6-4b6f-96fd-36d7654a81be.jpg?v=1694550530","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ripper-9780062291400","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}