{"product_id":"death-in-the-absence-of-rain-magnolia-bluff-crime-chronicles-book-15","title":"Death in the Absence of Rain: Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles: Book 15","description":"Review: \"Pirtle has an unusual voice. His language is generally terse and to the point, with no words wasted. (Perhaps that’s his journalistic background coming through!) But, more unusual, its rhythm has a poetic feel to it: indeed, in places, he blurs the lines between poetry and prose. Plus, he knows which levers to pull to keep you turning the pages.\"\n\nIn Texas, it has been a long, hot summer.\n\nBlistering temperatures.\n\nScorched earth.\n\nAn empty sky.\n\nNo rain at all.\n\nTrapped in the midst of a generational drought, the water level of Magnolia Bluff’s Burnet Reservoir begins to drop, and the ghost town of Crystalline Flats slowly comes back from the dead.\n\nWhen the river was dammed to create the reservoir, the flood had overwhelmed the dying old town and left it buried underwater.\nNow the ruins are rising like skeletons of stone and wood from their watery grave.\n\nAnd the secrets of Crystalline Flats are secret no longer.\n\nThey tell a dreadful tale of murder.\n\nAnd who lives and who will kill again to make sure the mysteries from the past remain hidden and silenced forever?\n\nSome believed their past sins were washed away.\n\nNow those sins are back to haunt the guilty.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0CNT5YQTZ\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0CNT5YQTZ.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Pirtle III, Caleb\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: 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":43335773552701,"sku":"BVV.B0CNT5YQTZ.G","price":13.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/death-in-the-absence-of-rain-magnolia-bluff-crime-chronicles-book-15","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}