{"product_id":"the-cantaloupe-thief-9781958231777","title":"The Cantaloupe Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe worst thing about being homeless is being looked right through.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen reporter Branigan Powers is assigned to write a tenth-anniversary story about her town's only unsolved murder, she finds an interesting angle: the area's homeless population. Police always suspected that their failure to apprehend the wealthy widow's killer was because the murderer was a transient who quickly fled the area.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Branigan has an in with the hidden people of Grambling, Georgia. Her friend, Liam, is the pastor of a church that runs a homeless shelter. With his help, Branigan meets Malachi Ezekiel Martin, a street-dwelling veteran who is accustomed to being unseen and unheard. When it comes to solving a murder, such invisibility may be helpful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut as Branigan and Malachi begin poking into the odd circumstances surrounding the decade-old murder, people start dying. Are the new deaths simply a byproduct of the casual violence that comes with life on the street? Or has Branigan's investigation awakened a sleeping killer? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Red Adept Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781958231777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.74d","brand":"Deb Richardson-Moore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51445551464629,"sku":"9781958231777","price":15.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_42179e69-78d5-4730-95e0-5efaad98200e.jpg?v=1753798944","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cantaloupe-thief-9781958231777","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}