{"product_id":"the-esmeralda-goodbye","title":"The Esmeralda Goodbye","description":"1955. In the sleepy seaside town of La Jolla, CA, rookie cop Jake Stirling saves the life of infamous crime writer Raymond Chandler, earning the respect of his hard-nosed captain, Wade Lennox, who served with Jake's father, a police detective whose suicide two years earlier shocked the town and shattered Jake's family.\n\nJake gets called to the Hotel Del Charro, a luxury hideaway for the rich and famous. Budding starlet Zsa Zsa Gabor's diamond necklace has been stolen. She and other hotel guests-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, political wheeler-dealer Artie Corcoran, and mob boss Meyer Lansky press their own cryptic agendas, while Raymond Chandler provokes outrage with drunken allegations of police corruption. When a local hoodlum is murdered Captain Lennox takes Jake into his confidence, demanding loyalty.\n\nMore killings follow as Jake finds himself caught up in a conspiracy that could change the course of American history. Can he clear his father's name and save those he loves from the cold-blooded brutality of desperate and powerful men?\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B0CMK2RQCP\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.B0CMK2RQCP.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Fayman, Corey Lynn\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":43611757936701,"sku":"BVV.B0CMK2RQCP.VG","price":9.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/B0CMK2RQCP-0.jpg?v=1789247775","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-esmeralda-goodbye","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}