{"product_id":"9798892427975","title":"Ransom Burning: A Novel","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eMarkert, James\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCrooked Lane Books\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1\/26\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA decade after fleeing tragedy, an award-winning journalist finally returns to his hometown to face head-on the dark past he tried to outrun. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eInspired by true events, James Markert’s Ransom Burning is rich with multilayered characters and small-town intrigue, perfect for fans of Wiley Cash’s \u003ci\u003eA Land More Kind Than Home\u003c\/i\u003e and Liz Moore’s \u003ci\u003eLong Bright River\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s 1974, and \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter Hunter Dreary  returns to his hometown of Ransom, Kentucky, when he hears his autistic  younger brother, Wally, is in trouble. But when he arrives at the  sheriff’s office, Hunter is the one facing an interrogation after Wally  accidentally reveals details from an infamous night in the town’s  history—details that lead the sheriff straight to a body buried in the  woods. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe discovery brings back memories of St.  Anthony’s first state basketball championship a decade ago and of Lewis  Truffant, the Black fifteen-year-old who not only integrated the  Catholic high school earlier in the year but hit the game-winning shot.  But it also dredges up what most townspeople had hoped to forget, that  by sunrise the next day, Lewis had been found hanging from a tree, and  fires and riots soon followed. The truth of what happened that night has  been buried ever since.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStill haunted by Lewis’s death  and pushed into action by each new unearthed secret, Hunter, with help  from a childhood friend, Annie Tampini, finally starts asking questions  of his own. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut he’s not the only one searching for answers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd the painful truth, once exposed, might hold the power to finally bring the corrupt town to its knees.","brand":"Crooked Lane Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48454459490559,"sku":"9798892427975","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9798892427975_s600x595.png?v=1781541975","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9798892427975","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}