{"product_id":"book-c2t2","title":"Drop Dead Punk","description":"\u003cp\u003eColeridge Taylor is searching for his next scoop on the police beat. The \u003ci\u003eMessenger-Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e reporter has a lot to choose from on the crime-ridden streets of New York City in 1975. One story outside his beat is grabbing all the front page glory: New York teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, and President Ford just told the city, as the \u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e so aptly puts it, \"drop dead.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaylor's situation is nearly as desperate. His home is a borrowed dry-docked houseboat, his newspaper may also be on the way out, and his drunk father keeps getting arrested. A source sends Taylor down to Alphabet City, where he finds two dead bodies: a punk named Johnny Mort and a cop named Robert Dodd. Each looks too messed up to have killed the other, so Taylor starts asking around. The punk was a good kid, the peace-loving guardian angel of the neighborhood's stray dogs. What led him to mug a woman at gunpoint? And why is officer Samantha Callahan being accused of leaving her partner to die, even though she insists the police radio misled her?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's hard enough being a female in the NYPD only five years after women were assigned to patrol, and now the department wants to throw her to the wolves. That's not going to happen-not if Taylor can help it. As he falls for Samantha-a beautiful, dedicated second-generation cop-he realizes he's too close to his story. Officer Callahan is a target, and Taylor is standing between her and some mighty big guns.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49300188823856,"sku":"BDc2t2","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49300188856624,"sku":"ZEc2t2","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49300188889392,"sku":"ZMc2t2","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c2t2-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775816246","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c2t2","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}