{"product_id":"ruthless-9781639104895","title":"Ruthless","description":"\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Jo Nesb  and Katrine Engberg, international bestselling author Anne Mette Hancock's third thrilling novel in the series Harlan Coben calls \"the best series I've read this year,\" is a pulse-pounding Scandinavian noir about secrets, buried truths, and what happens when we go digging into the past.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jan Frischof, a dying elderly man, gives a deathbed confession too unbelievable to be true, journalist Heloise Kaldan immediately knows there's a deeper story to uncover. Her gut soon proves to be right--Jan immediately backtracks and warns her that they will both be in danger if she asks any more questions. Could this kind and elderly man really be a cold-blooded killer? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHeloise quickly realizes that this is a darker, and far more complicated, investigation. Jan is clearly afraid of something, but who or what he's afraid of could be a dangerous question for Heloise to find the answer to. As she digs deeper, Heloise begins to see that Jan's confession is connected to a string decades-old disappearances. But next of kin and police are lying to her at every turn, and she has no idea what else Jan could be hiding. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnlisting her friend, detective inspector Erik Schäfer, Heloise begins her descent into the past, unsure of what she will unearth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639104895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anne Mette Hancock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084188450997,"sku":"9781639104895","price":26.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_08e1a68b-26f3-43d8-935f-a773ca929603.jpg?v=1692112373","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ruthless-9781639104895","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}