{"product_id":"the-current-paperback-1","title":"The Current - 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\u003eTim Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A first-rate thriller . . . Past and present merge in \u003ci\u003eThe Current\u003c\/i\u003e, Tim Johnston's atmospheric, exquisitely suspenseful novel of two murders separated by ten years.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gripping . . . Johnston's masterful novel is worth lingering over--it soars above the constraints of a traditional thriller and pulls you deep into the secrets of a grief-stricken town.\" \u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tim Johnston, whose breakout debut \u003ci\u003eDescent\u003c\/i\u003e was called \"astonishing,\" \"dazzling,\" and \"unforgettable\" by critics, returns with \u003ci\u003eThe Current\u003c\/i\u003e, a tour de force about the indelible impact of a crime on the lives of innocent people. \u003cbr\u003e In the dead of winter, outside a small Minnesota town, state troopers pull two young women and their car from the icy Black Root River. One is found downriver, drowned, while the other is found at the scene\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003ehalf frozen but alive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What happened was no accident, and news of the crime awakens the community's memories of another young woman who lost her life in the same river ten years earlier, and whose killer may still live among them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Determined to find answers, the surviving young woman soon realizes that she's connected to the earlier unsolved case by more than just a river, and the deeper she plunges into her own investigation, the closer she comes to dangerous truths, and to the violence that simmers just below the surface of her hometown. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Grief, suspicion, the innocent and the guilty--all stir to life in this cold northern town where a young woman can come home, but still not be safe. Brilliantly plotted and unrelentingly propulsive, \u003ci\u003eThe Current\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully realized story about the fragility of life, the power of the past, and the need, always, to fight back.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Johnston, a native of Iowa City, is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eDescent\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as a young adult novel, \u003ci\u003eNever So Green\u003c\/i\u003e, and the story collection \u003ci\u003eIrish Girl\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47247718613241,"sku":"9781616209834","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Qi94VzF4TDRrMFVZTWRWbmtHMTgzZz09_bfeb567d-73ac-4035-98fe-dbd8f6f76555.webp?v=1768627100","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-current-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}