{"product_id":"the-longest-death-isbn-9781641298551","title":"The Longest Death","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis atmospheric crime debut is a nod to ’50s pulp noir, a daring heist thriller and sensitive chronicle of the life on the margins of the postwar American dream.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMild-mannered and terminally bored loner Richard works a dead-end job at Eddy \u0026amp; Dowd, a safe deposit company in small-town, postwar Riverton. Richard’s is a humdrum existence made marginally better when he realizes one day he can skim money from Eddy \u0026amp; Dowd’s accounts and even get away with it. When handsome, smooth-talking Marlon rolls into town, it’s love at first sight for both. Together they concoct a plan to rob the vault the company’s vault and make a run for it to the Big City, where freedom—hopefully—awaits. If they can make it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Richard and Marlon’s plan is complicated threefold: by Gloria, a recent divorcée and the apple of the town’s eye, who wants in on the plan; by Frank Todd, a disgraced cop desperate to restore his reputation; and by Mr. Dowd, the paranoid tycoon of Eddy \u0026amp; Dowd. As the lives of these characters’ fatally and explosively intersect, the stakes are raised and the prospect of freedom all the more urgent.\u003cb\u003eKevin Jagernauth\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ottawa and currently resides in Montreal. He is a freelance film critic and has covered festivals around the world including Cannes, Berlinale, and TIFF for The Film Verdict, Ioncinema, and The Playlist. He also works as a script coverage consultant for feature-length screenplays. \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Death\u003c\/i\u003e is his first novel.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532205666533,"sku":"NP9781641298551","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-longest-death-isbn-9781641298551","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}