{"product_id":"the-art-of-deception-9780786867240","title":"The Art of Deception","description":"Seattle police psychologist Daphne Mathews has her hands full with a pregnant, addicted, runaway teenager, a murder victim's brother whose strange behavior unnerves her, and a deputy sheriff she once treated who's now stalking her. She's frightened enough to move in with Detective John LaMoia, a development that doesn't exactly thrill Lou Boldt, their boss and Daphne'sex-lover. But Lou's too busy with his own cases to brood over John and Daphne: the recent disappearances of two local women, and the death of Billy Chen, the nephew of Mama Lu, an old friend and a powerful figure in Seattle's Chinese community, which appeared to be an accident but turns out to have been murder. The only thing the disappearances and murder have in common is location; all three victims were last seen in a part of downtown built over the Underground, a dark and dangerous warren of buildings abandoned after the fire that leveled Seattle more than a hundred years ago. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Seattle's Underground has been the setting for several mysteries by other authors (Earl Emerson, J.A. Jance), Pearson makes the most of its creepy-crawly atmosphere in a gripping thriller whose solid plotting pulls all of Daphne's, LaMoia's, and Boldt's cases together. It also wisely reconfigures the personal relationships among the three central characters, which bodes well for their future adventures in this long-running series (\u003cem\u003eMiddle ofNowhere\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Pied Piper\u003c\/em\u003e). --Jane Adams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786867240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 46864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.54w x 1.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2002 pg. 1646\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 911\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 53\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 81 - Excellent\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2002 pg. 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2002 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/16\/2002 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2002 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2002 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMystery Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2002 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/08\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/15\/2002\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ridley Pearson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36642961457308,"sku":"9780786867240","price":34.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_bf488f60-baae-462e-8e15-3d83e31c0f24.jpg?v=1603855807","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-deception-9780786867240","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}