{"product_id":"understudy-for-death-hard-case-crime-9781785656990","title":"Understudy for Death (Hard Case Crime)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnderstudy for Death (Hard Case Crime)\u003c\/strong\u003e by Willeford, Charles. Paperback edition. ISBN: 9781785656989.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Willefords legendary lost novel, unavailable since its original publication in 1961.\n\nAN UNFORGIVABLE CRIME.\nAN UNFORGETTABLE NOVEL.\n\nWhy would a happily married Florida housewife pick up her husbands .22 caliber Colt Woodsman semi-automatic pistol and use it to kill her two young children and herself? Cynical newspaper reporter Richard Hudson is assigned to find out - and the assignment will send him down a road of self-discovery in this incisive, no-holds-barred portrait of American marriage in the Mad Men era.\n\nOn the 30th anniversary of the death of the masterful novelist the Atlantic Monthly called the \"father of Miami crime fiction,\" Hard Case Crime is proud to present Charles Willefords legendary lost novel, unavailable since its original publication by a disreputable paperback house in 1961. One of Willefords rarest titles (copies of the original edition sell for hundreds of dollars), Understudy for Death still has the power to disturb, half a century after its debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Titan Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44958040490037,"sku":"ByrdShop_1785656988","price":242.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781785656989_240851fe-9873-47af-9fab-7f1023ff7794.jpg?v=1784775868","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/understudy-for-death-hard-case-crime-9781785656990","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}