{"product_id":"the-holdout-a-novel","title":"The Holdout: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eIts the most sensational case of the decade. Fifteen-year-old Jessica Silver  heiress to a billion-dollar real estate fortune  vanishes on her way home from school. Her teacher Bobby Nock  a twenty-five-year-old African American man  is the prime suspect after illicit text messages are discovered between them--and Jessicas blood is found in his car. The subsequent trial taps straight into Americas most pressing preoccupations: race  class  sex  law enforcement  and the lurid sins of the rich and famous. Its an open and shut case for the prosecution  and a quick conviction seems all but guaranteed. Until Maya Seale  a young woman on the jury  convinced of Nocks innocence  persuades the rest of the jurors to return the verdict of not guilty  a controversial decision that will change all of their lives forever. Flash forward ten years. A true-crime docuseries reassembles the jurors  with particular focus on Maya  now a defense attorney herself. When one of the jurors is found dead in Mayas hotel room  all evidence points to her as the killer. Now  she must prove her own innocence--by getting to the bottom of a case that is far from closed. As the present-day murder investigation weaves together with the story of what really happened during their deliberation  told by each of the jurors in turn  the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out--with drastic consequences for all involved.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968675934261,"sku":"ByrdShop_0593138813","price":91.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780593138816.jpg?v=1770651555","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-holdout-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}