{"product_id":"the-blackbird-papers-9780767920445","title":"The Blackbird Papers","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Nine \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Clean 20\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby … a Nobel Prize–winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Blackbird Papers\u003c\/i\u003e marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWorld-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a racial hate crime. But the murdered professor’s brother, FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn’t ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother’s lab and brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling’s curiosity about Wilson’s pet project: a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFast-paced and cleverly constructed, \u003ci\u003eThe Blackbird Papers\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a major new voice in mystery and crime fiction.","brand":"Crown","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62276153016707,"sku":"9780767920445","price":19.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780767920445.jpg?v=1785540727","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/the-blackbird-papers-9780767920445","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}