{"product_id":"dead-ringer-book-fredric-brown-9781938938788","title":"The Dead Ringer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\" [Fredric Brown is] my favorite writer of all time.\" -- Mickey Spillane\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\" [Ed \u0026amp; Am are] an engaging pair of detectives . . . [Brown is] a real pro-- a natural storyteller.\" -- \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEd Hunter and his Uncle Am have left Chicago and hit the road, traveling with the carnival through podunk Midwestern towns-- drinking, gambling, and fleecing the local rubes. Nineteen-year-old Ed is no closer to figuring out what he' s running from when a body turns up murdered on the midway. Next thing, he' s falling for the mercenary blonde showgirl who found the body. As more bodies pile up, Ed and Am are compelled to find the killer. But in the carney, there' s an unwritten code that makes investigating a crime as bad as, if not worse than, committing one. In this sequel to Fredric Brown' s Edgar Award- winning debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Fabulous Clipjoint\u003c\/i\u003e, trouble has a way of finding Ed and Am, no matter where they go.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\" [E]nough good people put Brown on their must-read lists and then become evangelists to keep his name alive on the same high shelf as Hammett, Thompson, Ross Macdonald, and other crime icons.\" -- Dick Adler, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":54099977797905,"sku":"NIN9781938938788","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ BOOKAZINE","offer_id":54606082343185,"sku":"NBZ9781938938788","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781938938788.jpg?v=1786051971","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/dead-ringer-book-fredric-brown-9781938938788","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}