{"product_id":"the-orange-curtain-9781964008103","title":"The Orange Curtain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Shannon delivers a tour-de-force climax...\"\u003ci\u003e --Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a bookstore owner's brilliant daughter Phuong Minh vanishes from Little Saigon, Jack Liffey once again finds himself in familiar territory--being in unfamiliar territory. Leaving LA, Jack crosses into Orange County's Vietnamese community, where he crosses paths with a troubled cop whose intentions are unclear, and Billy Gudger, a troubled young man who believes he is cursed by an exotic toadstone lodged in his brain.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the \"Sagebrush Killer\" on the loose, Jack must face the possibility that Phuong Minh is one of his victims, even as Jack continues to navigate Orange County's gang culture, and the beautiful mentor of the missing girl, Tien Joubert. As \u003ci\u003ePublisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e wrote of Shannon's fourth installment of the Jack Liffey series, \"When the parallel lines meet, Shannon delivers a tour-de-force climax, with the action believably, and beautifully, driven by each character's needs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Jack Liffey series takes readers deep into the many Los Angeles ethnic communities, tribal enclaves, and religious cultures that sometimes co-exist, sometimes clash, but always surprise. Fans of George Pelecanos will fall deep into the fast-paced, unpredictable, and dangerous world John Shannon creates. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Unnamed Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781964008103\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 250","brand":"John Shannon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51708025241781,"sku":"9781964008103","price":15.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aacc49d7-ca70-4e5f-8b06-0009fced943d.jpg?v=1757397109","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-orange-curtain-9781964008103","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}