{"product_id":"dangerous-women-secret-lives-2","title":"Dangerous Women (Secret Lives, 2)","description":"\"A bewitching political thriller.\"― Publishers Weekly, Starred Review\n\"Ethel looks like Marple but acts like Marlow.\" ―Kirkus Reviews\nIn a case deciding the future of clean energy, everything hinges on how the chief justice of Supreme Court will lean. DANGEROUS WOMEN stirs up the perfect cocktail of ingenious spy-craft and political intrigue of Thomas Perry's The Old Man brightened with the charming, uncanny energy of Killers of a Certain Age. This urgent, cleverly plotted high stakes thriller is set in motion by botched attack on two law clerks leaving one dead and the other in a coma. The ensuing cover up leaves a string of bodies and too many players at cross-purposes. It also leaves Chief Justice Clarissa Baxter with a target on her back.\nWe'll need an off the grid hero with friends in high places: enter retired FBI agent-turned-boardinghouse landlady, Ethel Fiona Crestwater (legend) and her double-first-cousin-twice-removed Jesse Cooper (sidekick). Although in her mid-seventies, Ethel is no bumbling amateur sleuth; she's a seasoned pro with razor-sharp instincts and Bond-worthy skills. College-aged Jesse brings tech savvy and boundless enthusiasm, along with an innate talent for intrigue. Together, the unlikely duo will face malicious back-stabbing political sycophants, conniving lobbyists, and a motivated assassin bent on removing the Chief Justice from the equation―along with Ethel, who stands defiantly between the hitman and his payday.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1728258332\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1728258332.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:de Castrique, 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":43357832904765,"sku":"BVV.1728258332.VG","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1728258332-0.jpg?v=1784237855","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/dangerous-women-secret-lives-2","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}