{"product_id":"i-disappeared-them-9781636141619","title":"I Disappeared Them","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eBULLIED AS CHILD FOR BEING OVERWEIGHT\u003c\/strong\u003e and an orphan, the serial killer in \u003cem\u003eI Disappeared Them\u003c\/em\u003e hides in plain sight. By day, he is an affable family man with a disarming smile, surrounded by his children and loving wife. At night he punches the clock as a hard-working pizza man. After work, he roams Miami's nighttime streets as the Periwinkle Killer, the sociopath passing judgment on the wicked according to a twisted moral code. He believes himself to be a defender of women and children. The Everglades is filling up with the corpses of his victims. He must be stopped, but there are no clues except the periwinkles he leaves at every crime scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eI Disappeared Them\u003c\/em\u003e is a brutal, boy meets girl love story that delves into the Periwinkle Killer's childhood to confront the age-old question, is a serial killer designed or destined? Like Bret Easton Ellis's \u003cem\u003eAmerican Psycho\u003c\/em\u003e and Joyce Carol Oates's \u003cem\u003eZombie, \u003c\/em\u003e Preston L. Allen's immersive narrative hauntingly occupies the peculiar psychological landscape of a murderer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Preston L. Allen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Akashic Books, Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.80w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636141619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/27\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllen, Preston L.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePRESTON L. ALLEN\u003c\/strong\u003e is the author of eight works of fiction, including \u003cem\u003eEvery Boy Should Have a Man, Jesus Boy, All or Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e, and the award-winning collection \u003cem\u003eChurchboys\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOther Sinners.\u003c\/em\u003e His stories have appeared in numerous magazines and journals and have been anthologized in \u003cem\u003eBrown Sugar, Miami Noir, \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e Las Vegas Noir.\u003c\/em\u003e The creator and host of \u003cem\u003eAccents: A Poetry Jam\u003c\/em\u003e, Preston L. Allen is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Miami Dade College. He was born in Honduras and lives in South Florida. \u003cem\u003eI Disappeared Them\u003c\/em\u003e is his latest novel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Akashic Books, Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43646229250163,"sku":"9.78164E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e8a554b1-c69c-429f-a1a5-b5e2091f3b60.jpg?v=1755947818","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/i-disappeared-them-9781636141619","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}