{"product_id":"esperance","title":"Esperance","description":"**Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist**\n\n\"[D]extrously blends genres in this suspenseful sci-fi mystery.... Rob Hart and Blake Crouch fans should check this out.\" — Publishers Weekly\n\n\"Lovers of sharp, fast sci-fi from the likes of Neal Stephenson will be right at home with Esperance.\" —BookPage (starred)\n\nA whip-smart thriller in the vein of Blake Crouch, Andy Weir, and Neal Stephenson, Esperance plumbs the depths of a seemingly impossible crime rooted in racism, intergenerational trauma, and an inhuman concept of justice\n\nDetective Ethan Krol is on the twentieth floor of a Chicago apartment building. A father and son have been found dead, their lungs full of sea water—hundreds of miles away from the ocean.\n\nAbidemi Eniola has arrived in Bristol, England. She claims to be Nigerian, but her accent is wrong and she can do remarkable things with technology, things that her new friend, Hollie Rogers, has never seen before. Abi is in possession of a number of heirlooms that need to be returned to their rightful owners, and Hollie is more than happy to go along for the ride.\n\nBut neither Abidemi Eniola nor her heirlooms are quite what they seem. Abi is a target of Ethan Krol’s investigations, and Hollie’s life is about to become far stranger than she bargained for. In a clash of cultures, histories, and different ideas about justice, the consequences will be deadly…\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0756419913\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0756419913.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Oyebanji, Adam\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: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43317842968637,"sku":"BVV.0756419913.VG","price":13.51,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0756419913-0.jpg?v=1783032870","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/esperance","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}