{"product_id":"the-murk-beneath-9780995696402","title":"The Murk Beneath","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eI looked in his eyes. Those dead eyes. I wanted to choke some life back into them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen DI Michael Bosco chokes a suspected child killer into a coma, he is expelled from the Garda . Now lacking a purpose in life, Bosco gets a job offer he can't refuse from a supposedly retired gang boss. It's not long before he becomes the main suspect in a series of vigilante murders and survives an attempted hit. Under siege and emboldened, Bosco has some morally ambiguous choices to make, like whether to play by the rules or take the law into his own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrepare to meet some unsavoury characters from the streets of Cork -- a fixer who chops off a finger if you welsh on a debt; a corrupt Garda Sergeant; a mercenary who wields a machete like it was just a toothpick; a bagman who is quick to collect debt, but slow to put his hand in his own pocket.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt times introspective and other times thrilling, \u003cem\u003eThe Murk Beneath\u003c\/em\u003e features a liberal dose of wry Irish humour and the kind of cynicism and fatalism you would expect of a literary noir novel.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFans of \u003cstrong\u003eMichael Connelly\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eJames Ellroy\u003c\/strong\u003e will feel right at home in the gritty and sometimes grotty world that Mickey Bosco inhabits.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor more on the Mickey Bosco series of crime novels, visit mickeybosco.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Whitegate Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995696402\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d","brand":"Larkin Cunningham","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36646873104540,"sku":"9780995696402","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_39b1707a-0b79-46ed-8748-ff5c3a942537.jpg?v=1603865454","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-murk-beneath-9780995696402","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}