{"product_id":"a-shrewdness-of-swindlers-paperback","title":"A Shrewdness of Swindlers - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDeanna Knippling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNobody captures the delight of magic-or makes you \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003efeel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e its cost-quite like DeAnna Knippling, veteran author of 80+ wonderfully strange books for interesting people.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the coldest night of 1929, the Honeybee's Sting-a basement speakeasy under a laundry-smells of damp brick and rotgut whiskey. Bare bulbs cut too-bright shadows across the room while a blizzard rages outside. The sharp-eared kid watching the door planned to push a broom for twenty minutes and spend the rest of the night with a battered copy of \u003cem\u003eBlack Mask\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA quiet night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen the private guests start arriving: a dame in otter fur, a famous detective nursing a killing cough, a millionaire old enough to be the devil's grandfather, a doctor with blood on his cuffs and news that the party's final member just turned up dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a decade, a table of cunning liars, cheats, and thieves gathers to compete for a stolen prize, something in a blood-dotted velvet box that makes scratching noises from the inside.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA prize that can only be won...by a story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePower tells lies that bind. Most people carry those chains without hope of getting free. Even at the Honeybee's Sting, the truth cannot set you free-but the best stories can.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTen tales of magic, deception, and the lies that keep us trapped, or set us free, for fans of historical fantasy and speculative fiction.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 326\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49035499798777,"sku":"9781952198229","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WC08z7MCnJ9781952198229.webp?v=1789026290","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-shrewdness-of-swindlers-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}