{"product_id":"skeletons-in-the-closet-9781681377605","title":"Skeletons in the Closet","description":"\u003cb\u003eEugéne Tarpon, the private-eye protagonist from Manchette's \u003ci\u003eNo Room at the Morgue\u003c\/i\u003e, appears once more for a characteristically brisk and brutal story full of unexpected comedy and feeling.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ePrivate eye Eugéne Tarpon is back to sleeping in his office, waiting for a paying job to turn up. Then he gets a call from a sometime contact in the police department. He's referring a nice old lady--a distant relative--to Tarpon; her daughter's gone missing and, the copy says, there's no finding her. There are no leads. She's gone. But the old lady's pigheaded. Do me a favor, he tells Tarpon. Humor her. Take her off our hands. Take her money, too. And, by the way, there's no need to investigate the actual business at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTarpon may be down and out, but he's too much of a gentleman for that. Plus, fed an obviously fishy story, he doesn't have it in him to let well enough alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce again, Tarpon is making a very big mistake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean-Patrick Manchette\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681377605","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42706882429065,"sku":"9781681377605","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_227db594-ba14-461b-8770-0632ffb2d161.jpg?v=1719468570","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/skeletons-in-the-closet-9781681377605","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}