{"product_id":"the-hanging-of-samuel-ash-9781250065599","title":"The Hanging of Samuel Ash","description":"\u003cp\u003eRailroad bull Hook Runyon and his dog, Mixer, are chasing persistent pickpockets on the Santa Fe line, when Hook is called to investigate a malfunctioning wigwag signal in the middle of nowhere. A young man has been strung up there, hung from the signal, and left strangled to death. Hook finds no identification on the body, other than a bronze hero's medal around the corpse's neck, with the name Samuel Ash engraved on it. Refusing to bury what seems to be a World War II hero in a pauper's grave, Hook vows to find the dead boy's family, as well as his killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the casket in tow, and slowed down by an over-educated sidekick, Junior Monroe, and a stream of new tasks from the head of division, Hook finally finds his way to Carmen, Oklahoma. But no one there has ever heard of anyone named Samuel Ash. There are secrets in Carmen, most of them associated with the local orphanage and its disliked director, and Hook is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery of the hanging of Samuel Ash.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVivid characterizations, searing descriptions, and a twisty plot make Sheldon Russell's \u003ci\u003eThe Hanging of Samuel Ash \u003c\/i\u003ea gripping read.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250065599\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.72d","brand":"Sheldon Russell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38470359384245,"sku":"9781250065599","price":20.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8f0aea8f-3daf-4c3d-b453-201e12879e3a.jpg?v=1612924907","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-hanging-of-samuel-ash-9781250065599","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}