{"product_id":"cruel-paperback-1","title":"Cruel - 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\u003eJacob Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Jacob Stone is equal parts Thomas Harris, Michael Connelly, Jo Nesbo, and Stephen King. CRUEL will leave you shaking . . . with fear, excitement, and the uncontrollable compulsion to keep on reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Lee Goldberg, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Fiction \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"17.\" L.A. detective Morris Brick knows the number all too well. It was the gruesome signature the Nightmare Man left next to his victims' bodies. Brick's father was the first to investigate the killings. Five women were butchered before the perpetrator vanished. Seventeen years later he resurfaced--to kill again in the same depraved ways. Now another seventeen years have passed. Brick knows in his gut that it's time for the Nightmare Man to reawaken. But even Brick can't imagine the madman's true agenda. Or just how terrifying the sleepless nights are going to get in the City of Angels . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rarely is an author so skilled at portraying such unremitting evil and the poignant, human side of his characters in a single tale.\"\u003cbr\u003e --Jeffery Deaver\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob Stone\u003c\/b\u003e is the pseudonym for Dave Zeltserman, an award-winning author of crime, mystery, and horror fiction. His crime novels \u003ci\u003eSmall Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePariah \u003c\/i\u003ewere both named by the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e as best books of the year, with \u003ci\u003eSmall Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e also topping National Public Radio's list of best crime and mystery novels of 2008. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His horror novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Caretaker of the Lorne Field\u003c\/i\u003e, was short listed by the American Library Association for best horror novel of 2010, a Black Quill nominee for best dark genre book, and a Library Journal horror gem. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His Frankenstein retelling \u003ci\u003eMonster\u003c\/i\u003e was named by \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the 10 best horror novels of the year, and by WBUR as one of the best novels of the year. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His mystery fiction is regularly published by \u003ci\u003eEllery Queen Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, has won Shamus and Derringer awards, and twice has won the Ellery Queen's Readers Choice award. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dave's novels have been translated to German, French, Italian, Dutch, Lithuanian, and Thai. His novel \u003ci\u003eSmall Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e has been made into a film starring Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Molly Parker, Gary Cole, Robert Forster, and Jacki Weaver, and can be seen on Netflix. His novels \u003ci\u003eOutsourced \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Caretaker of Lorne Field\u003c\/i\u003e are currently in development.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 296\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.67 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47268172890361,"sku":"9781516106394","price":17.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/uR0z4hOlIv9781516106394.webp?v=1768879915","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cruel-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}