{"product_id":"devils-garden-9780425232668","title":"Devil's Garden","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Quinn Colson series comes a noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSan Francisco, September 1921 Silent-screen comedy star Roscoe \"Fatty\" Arbuckle is throwing a wild party in his suite at the St. Francis Hotel-girls, jazz, bootleg hooch...and a dead actress named Virginia Rappe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The D.A. says it was Arbuckle who killed her--crushed her under his weight--and brings him up on manslaughter charges. William Randolph Hearst's newspapers stir up the public and demand a guilty verdict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In desperation, Arbuckle's defense team hires an operative from the famed Pinkerton detective agency to investigate and, they hope, discover the truth. The agent's name is Dashiell Hammett... and what he discovers will change American legal history--and his own life--forever\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ace Atkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780425232668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAce Atkins \u003c\/b\u003eis the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Quinn Colson novels, the first two of which--\u003ci\u003eThe Ranger\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Ones\u003c\/i\u003e--were nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel (he also has a third Edgar nomination for his short story, \"Last Fair Deal Gone Down\"). In addition, he is the author of several \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling novels in the continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Before turning to fiction, he was a correspondent for the\u003ci\u003e St. Petersburg Times\u003c\/i\u003e, a crime reporter for the\u003ci\u003e Tampa Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and, in college, played defensive end for the undefeated Auburn University football team (for which he was featured on the cover of \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e). He lives in Oxford, Mississippi.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":42920970289267,"sku":"9.78043E+12","price":26.57,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_ef67caa7-09f1-46cc-9d59-1154f08a06fe.jpg?v=1742383803","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/devils-garden-9780425232668","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}