{"product_id":"death-at-fort-devens-an-andy-roark-mystery-3-9781448307661","title":"Death at Fort Devens (An Andy Roark Mystery  3)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts a race against time to find a teenager missing on the mean streets of Boston  in this hardboiled mystery featuring Andy Roark  Vietnam veteran turned Private Investigator.  \"As good as  and maybe even better  than Robert Parker or Dennis Lehane  Peter Colts Andy Roark is my new favorite sleuth\"  International aid worker  journalist and writer Roberta Gately  author of the Jessie Novak mysteries  \"Strong mystery . . . Colt plays fair with the reader before the satisfying reveal\" Publishers Weekly  Boston  1985. Private Investigator Andy Roark left the military behind years ago  but his past comes flooding back when hes hired by an old army buddy whos worried about his rebellious teenage daughters safety. There are bonds of blood between Roark and the highly-decorated Lieutenant Colonel Dave Billings  forged in the steamy Vietnamese jungle  and some debts arent easy to forget.  Working the case for free  Roarks investigation quickly leads him to Bostons Combat Zone  five acres of sex  drugs and crime  right in the heart of one of Americas oldest cities  and to Judys unsavory new boyfriend  the drug-dealing K-nice.  Then Judy runs away  and the clock starts ticking in earnest. Roark is determined to save his friends daughter from a life of drugs and prostitution  but itll take more than missing-person flyers and polite questions to save the girl and get them both out of the concrete jungle of the Combat Zone alive.  This page-turning hard-edged mystery  written by a US Army veteran and New England police officer  is a great choice for readers who enjoy military detail  twisty plots and classic PI heroes with plenty of flaws  humour and attitude.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45118105354293,"sku":"ByrdShop_144830766X","price":22.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781448307661.jpg?v=1781683160","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/death-at-fort-devens-an-andy-roark-mystery-3-9781448307661","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}