{"product_id":"the-last-twelve-miles-a-novel","title":"The Last Twelve Miles: A Novel","description":"\"Set against the backdrop of the Prohibition Rum Wars, Robuck has brought two real-life figures to the page with heartfelt intimacy and crackling suspense. A fascinating read!\" ― Chanel Cleeton, New York Times bestselling author of The Cuban Heiress\nTwo real, brilliant women on opposite sides of the law, in a deadly game of cat and mouse…\n1926. Washington, D.C.\nThe Coast Guard is losing the Prohibition Rum War, but they have a new, secret weapon to crack smuggler codes, intercept traffic, and destroy the rum trade one skiff at a time. That secret weapon is a 5'2\" mastermind in heels, who also happens to be a wife and mother: Mrs. Elizebeth Smith Friedman, one half of the husband-and-wife pair who invented cryptanalysis.\nBahamas\nCleo Lythogoe, The Bahama Queen, announces her retirement while regaling the thugs at the bar with tales of murder and mayhem on the high seas. Marie Waite, listening in, knows an opportunity when she hears it, and she wants the crown for herself so badly she can taste it. So begins Marie's plan to rise as rumrunner royalty long enough to get her family in the black. But the more sophisticated her operation grows, the more she appears on the radar of the feds.\nMeanwhile, Elizebeth is the only codebreaker battling scores of smugglers. Despite the strain of solving thousands of intercepted messages, traveling the country, and testifying in court, Elizabeth's work becomes personal―especially when she discovers the identity of her premier adversary is the notorious Marie Waite.\nFrom the glamorous world of D.C. Intelligence to the sultry shores of the Straits of Florida, The Last Twelve Miles is based on the true story of two women masterminds trying to outwit each other in a dangerous and fascinating high stakes game.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1464218331\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1464218331.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Robuck, Erika\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":43310536261693,"sku":"BVV.1464218331.VG","price":7.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1464218331-0.jpg?v=1782855916","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-last-twelve-miles-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}