{"product_id":"a-murder-in-passing-blackman-agency-investigations-4-9781464201493","title":"A Murder in Passing (Blackman Agency Investigations, 4)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Murder in Passing (Blackman Agency Investigations, 4)\u003c\/strong\u003e by de Castrique, Mark. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781464201493.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This fascinating mystery, merging past and present, brings some little-known history to light and shows that laws change much faster than attitudes...\"―Booklist\nThings are slow at the Blackman \u0026amp; Robertson Detective Agency. So when Nakayla Robertson suggests a mushroom hunt at the historic, freed-slave commune The Kingdom of the Happy Land, Sam Blackman reluctantly agrees. Hunting the elusive edible, he stumbles into a rotting log...with a skeleton hidden inside. Hes intrigued, but local authorities tell him to butt out.\nThen Marsha Montgomery comes to Asheville asking Sam and Nakayla to investigate a 45-year-old burglary at her mothers home. Someone stole a rifle and a photograph taken in 1932 at The Kingdom of the Happy Land. Is this just a coincidence?\nThen Marshas 85-year-old mother Lucille is arrested for murder, and Sam knows something is amiss. Is the skeleton that of Jimmy Lang, Lucilles lover and Marthas father, a white man who disappeared in 1967? A veil of betrayal and deceit hides a killer desperate to protect a dark secret, and not even Sam is safe from the deadly consequences of a murder in passing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Sourcebooks, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44947321880629,"sku":"ByrdShop_1464201498","price":62.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781464201493_fdf52e1f-fe5b-430d-8007-81b52ee19a5e.jpg?v=1778636246","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/a-murder-in-passing-blackman-agency-investigations-4-9781464201493","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}