{"product_id":"columbo-the-game-show-killer-9780312861780","title":"Columbo: The Game Show Killer","description":"\u003cp\u003eWilliam Harringtons compelling new novel in the successful Columbo series  The Game Show Killer  pits the famous TV detective against one of the most brilliant and flamboyant lawyers in the country. Realizing that an acquitted celebrity  even a minor one  can be worth millions  high-powered LA defense attorney Grant Kellogg decides to create his own. He enlists Erika Bjorling  who was the co-host or \"squealer\" for \"Try It Once \" a popular prime-time game show that ran for nineteen years. Since the shows recent cancellation her career has been in a tailspin. If she can survive a few months in jail  Kellogg guarantees Bjorling an acquittal and enough money for both of them to retire in luxury. When she finds out who the victim will be  she readily agrees to the plan. Legendary film star Tim Wylie has a sterling public image and millions of adoring fans. Privately  though  he has seduced hundreds of hopeful young actresses  including Erika Bjorling. Twenty years ago  she had fallen in love with Wylie and had his child. On learning of her pregnancy  Wylie dumped Bjorling - something for which she has never forgiven him. Enter the famous Lieutenant Columbo  with his cigars and wrinkled raincoat  asking  \"Who got dead?\" Wylies bullet-ridden body on the floor and the missing paintings point to a simple robbery. But as Columbo begins the methodically slow investigation hes noted for  he finds the parts of this case fit together too neatly  almost seamlessly. It seems like the perfect murder  but if theres the tiniest flaw  the tenacious Columbo will find it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651932512309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312861788","price":86.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312861780.jpg?v=1781845911","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/columbo-the-game-show-killer-9780312861780","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}