{"product_id":"rose-9780345390448","title":"Rose","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"THE MOST INTERESTING AND RICHLY TEXTURED CRIME STORY OF THE SEASON.\" --Time  The year is 1872. The place is Wigan  England  a coal town where rich mine owners live lavishly alongside miners no better than slaves. Into this dark complicated world comes Jonathan Blair  who has accepted a commission to find a missing man. As he begins his search every road leads back to one woman  a haughty  vixenish pit girl named Rose. With her fiery hair and skirts pinned up over trousers  she cares nothing for a society that calls her unnatural  scandalous  erotic. As Rose and Blair circle one another  first warily  then with the heat of mutual desire  Blair loses his balance. And the lull induced by Roses sensual touch leaves him unprepared for the bizarre  soul scorching truth. . . .  \"SMITH AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM. . . . It is fun  the well-plotted  dense fun of an intelligent  shadowy  literary enigma. . . . Brisk and edifying entertainment.\" --The New York Times  \"SUPERIOR . . . Rose has one of those powerfully involving plots that keeps you in an enjoyable dither  eager to turn the pages and reluctant to reach the last one.\" --Chicago Tribune  \"A JOY TO READ.\" --The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67622354714677,"sku":"ByrdShop_034539044X","price":26.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345390448.jpg?v=1791308013","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rose-9780345390448","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}