{"product_id":"ash-ink-timothy-r-baldwin-9798295577536","title":"Ash \u0026 Ink: The Delay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAxel Twigg knows how to uncover the truth.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe's done it with a badge. He's done it with a pen. And he's learned that neither comes without a cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Olivia Arnold-a guarded heiress with a carefully controlled past-hires Axel to write her story, she asks for honesty without mercy. No smoothing the edges. No softening the damage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAxel agrees, treating the job like a biography rather than an investigation-until Olivia vanishes days after their final interview.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as a writing assignment quickly collapses into something far more dangerous. As Axel retraces Olivia's past, the line between author and investigator blurs, forcing him back into instincts he thought he'd buried along with his badge. Each truth he uncovers raises a harder question: was Olivia running from her past, or from what she'd already revealed?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet in a world of quiet deals, delayed consequences, and carefully managed silence, \u003cem\u003eThe Delay\u003c\/em\u003e is a gritty noir mystery about truth as a commodity-and the people willing to disappear to keep it buried. Axel Twigg must decide how far he's willing to go to finish a story someone never intended to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy R. Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798295577536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy R. Baldwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.25h x 6.63w x 0.23d","brand":"Timothy R. Baldwin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154345799935,"sku":"9798295577536","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a90cc981-741b-4c0c-af87-ca500ec2fa55.jpg?v=1770789537","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ash-ink-timothy-r-baldwin-9798295577536","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}