{"product_id":"night-heron-9780316399845","title":"Night Heron","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSet in China, and ripped from today's headlines, comes a pulse-pounding debut that reinvents the spy thriller for the 21st century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA lone man, Peanut, escapes a labor camp in the dead of night, fleeing across the winter desert of northwest China.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo decades earlier, he was a spy for the British; now Peanut must disappear on Beijing's surveillance-blanketed streets. Desperate and ruthless, he reaches out to his one-time MI6 paymasters via crusading journalist Philip Mangan, offering military secrets in return for extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the secrets prove more valuable than Peanut or Mangan could ever have known... and not only to the British.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adam Brookes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Redhook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316399845\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Brookes\u003c\/b\u003e was for many years a journalist and foreign correspondent for BBC News. He reported from China, Indonesia, the US and many other countries, Iraq and Afghanistan among them. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eNight Heron\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for the 2014 CWA John Creasey Dagger and appeared on best of the year lists in the TLS, Kirkus and NPR; its follow-up \u003ci\u003eSpy Games\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. \u003ci\u003eThe Spy's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e is his third novel. He lives with his family in Takoma Park, Maryland.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Redhook","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40538743832691,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":21.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_32e9ab0b-2c3e-4ffb-87af-7786c9fd31fa.jpg?v=1666703800","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/night-heron-9780316399845","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}