{"product_id":"ties-that-bind-a-novel","title":"Ties that bind: a novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSuccess is fleeting; nobody knows this better than lawyer Amanda Jaffe, She had been the undisputed rising star of Portland's legal community, but in a cruel twist of irony, the same case that put her on the map -- the Cardoni trial, which pitted Amanda against a brilliant sociopath (in the New York Times bestseller Wild Justice) -- had left her traumatized, doubting her instincts, and shunning the limelight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis reticence ends when Amanda agrees to handle the case no one else will touch. Jon Dupre, who runs an upscale call-girl service, is accused of murdering a U.S. senator. Dupre claims to possess proof of the existence of a secret society of powerful men who have banded together for a commonly held political agenda. The rite of passage that binds them together -- the initiation into this powerful brotherhood -- is murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo Amanda these seem the desperate claims of a man who will lie to save his own skin -- until she is pressured to walk away from the case. Determined to put a knife in the heart of the fear and psychological trauma that has plagued her ever since Cardoni, she refuses to abandon her investigation. It's a decision that will place her and those she loves directly in the path of a deadly juggernaut with ambitions that extend all the way to the presidency of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780060083243-001","offer_id":43819795972157,"sku":"9780060083243-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/10122323482209.jpg?v=1792021253","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/ties-that-bind-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}