{"product_id":"claws-paperback-2","title":"Claws - 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\u003eOzzie Cheek\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnter the deadly safari and hunt down a blood-thirsty killer!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When twenty-three lions, tigers, and ligers--a giant hybrid cat--appear in rural Idaho, town officials decide to hold the first safari in America. Only police chief Jackson Hobbs, a man haunted by loss and tragedy, and Katy Osborne, a talented hunting guide, seem to realize the potential danger of this situation. With the town desperate for money, the mayor, who also happens to be Jackson's ex-wife, and her boyfriend are adamant that the Idaho Lion Hunt go forward even after people are killed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the death toll rises and his own family is put at risk, Jackson must cope with a town doubled in population, the activity of a local antigovernment militia, a willful teenage daughter, an animal rescue group, a missing young boy, a dead state trooper, and Katy's desire to save a rare liger named Kali. Betrayal blossoms alongside romance as Jackson gets closer and closer to discovering the identity of those who engineered this predator panic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOzzie Cheek wrote his first story when he was in the fifth grade. He knew then that he would be a writer, but his life took detours, and he was in his midthirties before he started to write full time. Prior to this period, Cheek attended a Methodist seminary to study for the clergy, taught high school English, lived in a commune in New Mexico, heeded the generational call of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll, and somehow still earned a master's degree in communication and a master of fine arts degree in creative writing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cheek moved to Los Angeles in the 1990s and found work as a staff writer on a TV series. He wrote movies for HBO, Showtime, NBC, CBS, and Fox, and wrote and produced the TV movie \u003ci\u003eKiss Tomorrow Goodbye\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cheek's fiction includes the thriller \u003ci\u003eClaws\u003c\/i\u003e and the literary novel \u003ci\u003eWhite Boy Blues\u003c\/i\u003e, and he is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eWhy Planes Crash \u003c\/i\u003e(2011), the memoir of an aviation disaster investigator. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e An avid traveler, Cheek follows baseball and basketball, has been a Shambhala Buddhist meditation practitioner for years, and reads constantly and widely. He divides his time between coastal Maine and Los Angeles.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267885056249,"sku":"9781624670275","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cqJn626Zk69781624670275.webp?v=1768873113","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/claws-paperback-2","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}