{"product_id":"underground-detective-book-thomas-laird-9781937056605","title":"The Underground Detective","description":"It's dark underground. How would you catch a serial killer with only your badge, your wits, and a shaky sense of right and wrong? It's 1987, and a world before cellphones and DNA. Former Army Ranger and Vietnam vet, divorced Danny Mangan is a Chicago cop weary from fifteen years on the force. But he can't rest now he's trailing a serial killer with a penchant for attacking African-American prostitutes - a grim world of deception where everyone has a public price and a private fix. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat follows when a member of Danny's own family is hunted by the killer is excruciating. So will Danny's drug-loving daughter Kelly and bisexual partner Lila help or complicate his work? The Underground Detective is a modern fable, absorbing, imaginative and terrifying. Here is polished crime writing, the dark sheen after the rains have cleaned the streets of Chicago. A treat of human foibles, weaknesses, attractions and heartbreak, where only love and family are the saving grace. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Bio \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Laird has published four novels: Cutter (2001), Season of the Assassin (2003), Black Dog (2004) and Voices of the Dead (2006). The first three books were co-published in London and New York by Constable \u0026amp; Robinson and by Carroll \u0026amp; Graf (Perseus). The fourth novel was published in the Czech Republic by Domino Publishers. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe books received favorable reviews from the Washington Post, the Chicago Sun-Times, Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, The Independent on Sunday (UK) and Crime Time (UK). \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThomas Laird lives in Peoria, Illinois.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49586494800145,"sku":"GOR011007438","price":11.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52479393333521,"sku":"NLS9781937056605","price":19.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1937056600.jpg?v=1750997064","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/underground-detective-book-thomas-laird-9781937056605","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}