{"product_id":"known-dead-9780385488952","title":"Known Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a singular voice  a spellbinding insider perspective on small-town heartland crime-solving  and a cast of characters straight out of a Coen brothers movie  Known Dead solidifies Donald Harstads growing reputation as the finest new voice in crime fiction.  No one knows the underbelly of Nation County  Iowa  better than Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman. But with thirteen hundred-odd miles of hills and curves to negotiate in the countys 750-square-mile border  theres only so much territory he can cover in an eight-hour shift. Time passes slowly riding alone  but when lives are measured in seconds and backup could be hours away  one false move can get a cop killed.  In Known Dead  Carl hits the ground running when he hears the call sign \"officer needs assistance.\" As the blistering summer sun beats down on him  Carl steps into the middle of a war zone in an isolated and densely wooded patch of land. With two known dead and sixty-seven empty shell casings from any number of high-powered weapons  Carl has no clue about why or where the guns are pointing. Sheriff Lamar Ridgeway and DCI agent Hester Gorse are on their way  but Carl knows hes riding point; and for the life of him  he cant separate the killers from the kill.  Filled with deadpan humor and brilliant police procedural narrative  Known Dead could only have been written by a man whos been in a heartland patrol car himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647972630581,"sku":"ByrdShop_0385488955","price":83.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780385488952.jpg?v=1781700192","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/known-dead-9780385488952","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}