{"product_id":"the-good-detective-9780525535546","title":"The Good Detective","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Crime Novel for the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn McMahon is one of those rare writers who seem to have sprung out of nowhere. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Detective\u003c\/i\u003e, which is pretty much perfect, features a decent if flawed hero battling personal troubles while occupied with a murder case of great consequence to his community.--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing Detective P.T. Marsh in a swift and bruising debut where Elmore Leonard's staccato prose meets Greg Iles' Southern settings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow can you solve a crime if you've killed the prime suspect?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective P.T. Marsh was a rising star on the police force of Mason Falls, Georgia--until his wife and young son died in an accident. Since that night, he's lost the ability to see the line between smart moves and disastrous decisions. Such as when he agrees to help out a woman by confronting her abusive boyfriend. When the next morning he gets called to the scene of his newest murder case, he is stunned to arrive at the house of the very man he beat up the night before. He could swear the guy was alive when he left, but can he be sure? What's certain is that his fingerprints are all over the crime scene. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe trouble is only beginning. When the dead body of a black teenager is found in a burned-out field with a portion of a blackened rope around his neck, P.T. realizes he might have killed the number-one suspect of this horrific crime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmid rising racial tension and media scrutiny, P.T. uncovers something sinister at the heart of the boy's murder--a conspiracy leading all the way back to the time of the Civil War. Risking everything to unravel the puzzle even as he fights his own personal demons, P.T. races headlong toward an incendiary and life-altering showdown.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e G.P. Putnam's Sons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525535546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"John McMahon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470906478773,"sku":"9780525535546","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_101aaa1e-331b-4870-b89c-f31ce261dcd3.jpg?v=1612927590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-good-detective-9780525535546","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}