{"product_id":"a-hard-darkness","title":"A Hard Darkness","description":"A bizarre death, a string of murders, and a city on the brink of mob war. A resourceful but untested private eye seeks the key to them all. Can he survive long enough to find it?\nWhen private investigator Nash Tobin takes a job for the famous writer Preston Curtiz, it looks like a blackmail case. Then his client's student, Rudi Alsmith, is found dead, hanging from a conveyor belt at a local gravel yard. As Tobin delves into her death, he uncovers the bleak world she lived in, full of drugs and sex but devoid of hope. Other killings follow and Tobin himself becomes a suspect. Fired by his client and hunted by cops and thugs alike, Tobin must unravel the tangled mystery of A Hard Darkness fast. It will be his only chance to save himself and find justice for a tragically lost soul.\nSet in the 1980s, A Hard Darkness is a fast-moving private eye novel in the tradition of Chandler, Hammett, and Parker.\n\nFINALIST: 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (First Novel)\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0DC4BYSX2\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0DC4BYSX2.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Turner, Ray\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43335361921085,"sku":"BVV.B0DC4BYSX2.G","price":18.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0DC4BYSX2-0.jpg?v=1783724150","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/a-hard-darkness","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}