{"product_id":"the-silent-second-a-chuck-restic-mystery-9781945551048","title":"The Silent Second: A Chuck Restic Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eChuck Restic has achieved the American dream: a successful career with a large corporation, his own home, the best health care insurance and retirement package... but he's crumbling inside. Twenty years in Human Resources have pushed him into an existential crisis. He realizes there is so little value in what he does all day, and it is only when he embarks on a mission to find a missing employee from his firm that he truly starts to feel alive again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is Chuck's first step toward moonlighting as a private detective -- a job in which he turns out to excel. Constantly balancing the inane demands of his office and the excitement of his new \"job,\" he finally finds what he's been missing. By applying his HR skills and wit to his new passion for detective work, Chuck unravels a web of crooked real estate deals and three murders, staving off a fourth: his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first in the Chuck Restic mystery series, \u003ci\u003eThe Silent Second\u003c\/i\u003e began life as the novel \u003ci\u003eSmile Now, Cry Later, \u003c\/i\u003e a self-publishing success story that led to a series commitment from publisher Prospect Park Books. Thoroughly re-edited, improved, re-designed, and re-titled, this smart, witty crime novel introduces an engaging (if sometimes bitter) private eye for the corporate era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Prospect Park Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945551048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Adam Walker Phillips","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361567342773,"sku":"9781945551048","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3a402f1b-d771-4398-beac-770772031c02.jpg?v=1701192154","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-silent-second-a-chuck-restic-mystery-9781945551048","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}