{"product_id":"beware-the-shifting-sands-silver-secrets-murderous-ambitions-in-the-black-hills","title":"Beware the Shifting Sands: Silver Secrets \u0026 Murderous Ambitions in the Black Hills","description":"Darkness Lurks Behind Every Fairy Tale\nIn 1928, war veteran turned New York City detective Parker Simms returns to his South Dakota roots, seeking refuge from a Teapot Dome Scandal fallout. But when a sinister killer links their gruesome crimes to \"The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,\" Simms is thrust into a relentless pursuit of justice.\nRecruiting the help of former flame turned schoolteacher, Sandra Groves, and her fiancé, history professor Archie Yeager, Simms dives into a labyrinth of secrets, exposing extortion, nativism, prejudice, and racism within the 1920s Black Hills society.\nAs they follow the twisted clues, suspicion blankets local law enforcement, Klansmen, indigenous Lakota people, and even the intended victims themselves. Simms must unravel the enigma, where fiction and reality blur, and deceit conceals the true monsters.\nA gripping historical mystery, filled with a labyrinth of secrets, lies and deadly consequences. As the line between fiction and reality fades, the true monsters are revealed.\n= = =\nMark Macedonia\nBeware the Shifting Sands\nFor readers who enjoy Historical Mystery Suspense, crime fiction, traditional detectives,\nSouth Dakota, 1920s, serieal killer mysteries, noir, Black Hills, 20th Century,\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 194407287X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.194407287X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Macedonia, Mark\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\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: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43086806876221,"sku":"BVV.194407287X.VG","price":20.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/194407287X-0.jpg?v=1775337167","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/beware-the-shifting-sands-silver-secrets-murderous-ambitions-in-the-black-hills","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}