{"product_id":"vicious-cycle-a-thriller-9781662531781","title":"Vicious Cycle: A Thriller","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA former reporter gets a new spin on life in this gripping debut from author Jaime Parker Stickle, whose psychological roller-coaster ride set in sunny Los Angeles tackles motherhood and murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew mother Corey Tracey-Lieberman wakes up to nightmarish news: two teenage girls found hanged in a nearby park. Even more unsettling is how the news casually casts the tragedy as the result of increasing street crime, as if the victims' lives didn't really matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorey knows better. In the six years she's lived in Highland Park, she's seen gentrification but no uptick in criminal activity. A former broadcast journalist, she knows all about spin--and not just the media kind. She now teaches spin classes in the neighborhood, between caring for her nine-month-old son and battling postpartum anxiety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen police efforts fall short, Corey launches her own investigation into the hangings, flexing her idle sleuthing skills with baby in tow. And after a third murder strikes too close to home, she knows she's onto something big.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn emotional gut punch tempered by belly laughs, \u003ci\u003eVicious Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force certain to thrill all readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/21\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662531781\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 317\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2025\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jaime Parker Stickle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51616488194229,"sku":"9781662531781","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_4c6dee10-28c7-46fb-89b3-46554699c04b.jpg?v=1756189590","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/vicious-cycle-a-thriller-9781662531781","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}