{"product_id":"a-punishing-breed-dc-frost-9781939096173","title":"A Punishing Breed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Punishing Breed\u003c\/em\u003e, the first in a series of novels featuring Detective DJ Arias, is a murder mystery that takes place in Los Angeles, the city of angels, freeways, Santa Ana winds, and honeysuckle slithering through chain-link fences and perfuming LA's dark streets and neighborhoods. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective Arias hunts for a murderer on a liberal arts campus that prides itself on its progressive curriculum but is rife with jealousy, racial and sexual tensions, and a hierarchy as real and destructive as a medieval fortress. DJ Arias, good at his job because he sees the worst in people, is challenged by the college community, a neighborhood recluse, and a young Latino gardener he sent to jail ten years ago for a hit-and-run accident. Through the course of his investigation, Arias will find out no one is who they appear to be. He begins to reclaim his humanity by adopting a dog he names Evidence and finding the clues to a crime born from a dark secret not contained in the past but alive in the present, which will cast destruction and murder on the denizens of the small liberal arts campus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e DC Frost\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1939096170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781939096173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Canis Major Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/12\/2024 pg. 1","brand":"DC Frost","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919831068927,"sku":"9781939096173","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c15cb31-ac3d-4fc7-95a0-b16602c6141d.jpg?v=1710359533","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-punishing-breed-dc-frost-9781939096173","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}