{"product_id":"the-girl-with-a-clock-for-a-heart-paperback","title":"The Girl with a Clock for a Heart - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePeter Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlready optioned for film, \u003cem\u003eThe Girl with a Clock for a Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is Peter Swanson's electrifying tale of romantic noir, with shades of Hitchcock and reminiscent of the classic movie \u003cem\u003eBody Heat\u003c\/em\u003e. It is the story of a man swept into a vortex of irresistible passion and murder when an old love mysteriously reappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn an ordinary Friday evening at his favorite Boston tavern, George Foss's comfortable, predictable life is shattered when a beautiful woman sits down at the bar, a woman who vanished without a trace twenty years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiana Dector isn't just an ex-girlfriend, the first love George couldn't quite forget. She's also a dangerous enigma and quite possibly a cold-blooded killer wanted by the police. Suddenly, she's back--and she needs George's help. Ruthless men believe she stole some money . . . and they will do whatever it takes to get it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge knows Liana is trouble. But he can't say no--he never could--so he makes a choice that will plunge him into a terrifying whirlpool of lies, secrets, betrayal, and murder from which there is no sure escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBold and masterful, full of malicious foreboding and subtle surprises, \u003cem\u003eThe Girl with a Clock for a Heart\u003c\/em\u003e is an addictive, nonstop thriller--an ever-tightening coil of suspense that grips you right up to its electrifying end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Foss has passed the age when he thinks he might fall madly in love or have anything truly remarkable happen to him. He spends evenings at his local tavern talking about the Red Sox and obsessing over a lost love from his college days who vanished twenty years earlier. Until she reappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge has both dreamed of and dreaded seeing Liana Decter again. She's an enigma and quite possibly someone who was involved in a murder years ago. But she's back--and needs his help. She says that some men are after her and that they believe she's stolen their money. And now they will do whatever it takes to get it back.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge can't say no--he never could--and soon his life is gone as he is pulled into a terrifying whirlpool of lies and betrayal, from which there is no sure escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 06, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize (2014)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455034212530,"sku":"9780062267504","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/89a208e3da14a716aa1019165f61cc94.webp?v=1778863219","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-girl-with-a-clock-for-a-heart-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}