{"product_id":"the-cruel-ever-after-9781612940441","title":"The Cruel Ever After","description":"\u003cp\u003eButtressed by distinctive characters and a splendid Minnesota setting, the well-constructed plot builds to a satisfying conclusion.--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHart has consistently maintained a level of excellence throughout her eighteen Lawless mysteries.  She] never overplays Jane's lesbianism. It is just a fact of life in this truly engaging mystery series.--\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe shock that Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless is in for when Chester Garrity, her ex-husband, returns to a city that he swore he'd never see again is nothing compared to Chester's own. After their divorce many years ago, he took off with his inheritance to travel the world, leaving Jane with enough seed money to open her first restaurant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow he's back and penniless, or as he would prefer to say, between fortunes. He's working an angle to make his next fortune by selling a priceless artifact recently looted from the Baghdad Museum, but it all falls through when he wakes up next to the dead body of his buyer with no memory of what happened the night before. Panicked, Chester flees the scene, eventually returning to cover his tracks only to find that someone has already taken care of that for him, but at what price?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor the past fourteen years, \u003cb\u003eEllen Hart\u003c\/b\u003e has taught An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery through the Loft Literary Center, the largest independent writing community in the nation. She was made an official GLBT Literary Saint at the Saints and Sinners Literary Festival in New Orleans in 2005.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bywater Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/05\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781612940441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Ellen Hart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361508065461,"sku":"9781612940441","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_962ca38d-089b-4440-8f22-1795c67e45d3.jpg?v=1701191201","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-cruel-ever-after-9781612940441","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}