{"product_id":"the-shotgun-rule-a-novel","title":"The Shotgun Rule: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first stand-alone thriller by critically acclaimed author Charlie Huston  The Shotgun Rule is a raw tale of four teenage friends who go looking for a little troubleand find it.  Blood spilled on the asphalt of this town long years gone has left a stain  and its spreading.  Not that a thing like that matters to teenagers like George  Hector  Paul  and Andy. Its summer 1983 in a northern California suburb  and these working-class kids have been killing time the usual ways: ducking their parents  tinkering with their bikes  and racing around town getting high and boosting their neighbors meds. Just another typical summer break in the burbs. Till Andys bike is stolen by the towns legendary petty hoods  the Arroyo brothers. When the boys break into the Arroyos place in search of the bike  they stumble across the brothers private industry: a crank lab. Being the kind of kids who rarely know better  they do what comes naturally: they take a stash of crank to sell for quick cash. But doing so they unleash hidden rivalries and crimes  and the dark and secret past of their town and their families.  The spreading stain is drawing local drug lords  crooked cops  hard-riding bikers  and the brutal history of the boys fathers in its wake.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964940972085,"sku":"ByrdShop_0345481356","price":26.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780345481351.jpg?v=1770485246","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-shotgun-rule-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}