{"product_id":"book-dm3r","title":"Innocent Bystander","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA midway murder sends a terrified eyewitness running for her life-from a cop, a con, and her own secrets-in this mystery by the author of the John J. Malone series.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe best carnival barker in the business couldn't have drawn a crowd like the one now gathered around the Ferris wheel on the pier. In one of the cabs, still rocking with the ocean breeze, is a dead man-a bloody knife protruding from his back. Why the notorious gambling boss Jerry McGurn was killed is no mystery. Who did it \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e. And there's only one probable witness to the crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs bystanders go, Ellen Haven comes across as innocent: pretty enough, plus her blue eyes well up with tears at the mere mention of something as awful as murder. Homicide detective Art Smith wants to believe she didn't see a thing. Why would she lie? Then again, why else would she suddenly vanish? And Smith isn't the only one looking for her; so is a brutal ex-con, fresh out of San Quentin, with a score to settle. Smith knows he'd better find her first, but Ellen is leading both men into a hall of mirrors where illusions of guilt and innocence can shatter with a single gunshot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA former crime reporter, Craig Rice was \"the first writer of detective fiction to make the cover of \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e magazine. Her hardcover sales figures matched those of her bestselling contemporaries Rex Stout, Ellery Queen, Erle Stanley Gardner, and Raymond Chandler. She's worth remembering\" (Jon L. Breen, Edgar Award-winning author).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49291868930352,"sku":"BDdm3r","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49291868963120,"sku":"ZEdm3r","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49291868995888,"sku":"ZMdm3r","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dm3r-Square-cover.jpg?v=1782401508","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dm3r","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}