{"product_id":"the-man-who-hated-clouds-paperback","title":"The Man Who Hated Clouds - 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\u003eGayleen Froese\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate investigator Ben Ames is supposed to be on vacation. He's followed his rock star boyfriend, Jesse, to the Edmonton Folk Festival, where Jess is doing an acoustic set with friends and having a boozy sulk about his changing image. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Neither is there to solve a crime, but they're offered a case anyway, when the festival headliner hires them to help his author friend Charlie. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Charlie's latest manuscript is missing. A normal guy would have backups, but Charlie's an internet-hating conspiracy theorist who saved his work to a laptop flash drive, and now the drive and the computer are gone. Ben thinks the case is impossible, but Jess could use a distraction, so they pay a visit to Charlie's river valley home--where Charlie tells them he knows who took the book, he's not telling, and a detective can't help. Good day. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e They're still in Edmonton, enjoying a lazy summer day, when word comes that Charlie's been murdered. Back on the case and without suspects or a motive, Ben knows the answers are in that missing book. He just needs to do the impossible and find it....\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eGayleen Froese is an LGBTQ writer of detective fiction living in Edmonton, Canada. Her novels include \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Whose Luck Ran Out, Touch, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eGrayling Cross\u003c\/i\u003e. Her chapter book for adults, \u003ci\u003eWhat the Cat Dragged In\u003c\/i\u003e, was short-listed in the International 3-Day Novel Contest and is published by The Asp, an authors' collective based in western Canada. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gayleen has appeared on Canadian Learning Television's \u003ci\u003eA Total Write-Off\u003c\/i\u003e, won the second season of the \u003ci\u003eThree Day Novel Contest \u003c\/i\u003eon BookTelevision, and as a singer-songwriter, showcased at festivals across Canada. She has worked as a radio writer and talk-show host, an advertising creative director, and a communications officer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A past resident of Saskatoon, Toronto, and northern Saskatchewan, Gayleen now lives in Edmonton with novelist Laird Ryan States in a home that includes dogs, geckos, snakes, monitor lizards, and Marlowe the tegu. When not writing, she can be found kayaking, photographing unsuspecting wildlife, and playing cooperative board games, viciously competitive card games, and tabletop RPGs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gayleen can be found on: \u003cbr\u003e Twitter @gayleenfroese \u003cbr\u003e Facebook @GayleenFroeseWriting \u003cbr\u003e And www.gayleenfroese.com\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 7 x 4.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48343378067705,"sku":"9781641087599","price":13.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/D8nKPi-j3w9781641087599.webp?v=1777697912","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-man-who-hated-clouds-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}