{"product_id":"the-art-of-deception-hardcover","title":"The Art of Deception - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRidley Pearson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeattle police psychologist Daphne Mathews has her hands full with a pregnant, addicted, runaway teenager, a murder victim's brother whose strange behavior unnerves her, and a deputy sheriff she once treated who's now stalking her. She's frightened enough to move in with Detective John LaMoia, a development that doesn't exactly thrill Lou Boldt, their boss and Daphne'sex-lover. But Lou's too busy with his own cases to brood over John and Daphne: the recent disappearances of two local women, and the death of Billy Chen, the nephew of Mama Lu, an old friend and a powerful figure in Seattle's Chinese community, which appeared to be an accident but turns out to have been murder. The only thing the disappearances and murder have in common is location; all three victims were last seen in a part of downtown built over the Underground, a dark and dangerous warren of buildings abandoned after the fire that leveled Seattle more than a hundred years ago. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While Seattle's Underground has been the setting for several mysteries by other authors (Earl Emerson, J.A. Jance), Pearson makes the most of its creepy-crawly atmosphere in a gripping thriller whose solid plotting pulls all of Daphne's, LaMoia's, and Boldt's cases together. It also wisely reconfigures the personal relationships among the three central characters, which bodes well for their future adventures in this long-running series (\u003ci\u003eMiddle ofNowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pied Piper\u003c\/i\u003e). --Jane Adams\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRidley Pearson is the award-winning co-author, along with Dave Barry, of \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Starcatchers\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Shadow Thieves\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Secret of Rundoon\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePeter and the Sword of Mercy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEscape From the Carnivale\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCave of the Dark Wind\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlood Tide\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eScience Fair\u003c\/em\u003e. In addition to \u003cem\u003eKingdom Keepers: Disney After Dark\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKingdom Keepers: Disney at Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eKingdom Keepers: Disney in Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eKingdom Keepers: Power Play\u003c\/em\u003e, he is also the author of the young adult thrillers \u003cem\u003eSteel Trapp: The Challenge\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSteel Trapp: The Academy\u003c\/em\u003e. He has written more than twenty best-selling crime novels, including \u003cem\u003eKiller View\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eKiller Weekend\u003c\/em\u003e. He was the first American to be awarded the Raymond Chandler\/Fulbright Fellowship in Detective Fiction at Oxford University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.36 x 9.48 x 6.54 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451884650674,"sku":"9780786867240","price":41.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ea8a0360fa8928f9793b9d8700ec5b98.webp?v=1778802911","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-art-of-deception-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}