{"product_id":"big-flies-keith-hirshland-9781532719363","title":"Big Flies","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter Chester Daniel David, highly celebrated travel writer and hospitality critic, dies in an automobile accident, his son, Leland, is the heir to his prosperous estate. Among the late writer's possessions are stacks of magazines hidden in an attic that suggest that his stories about his world travels were less than authentic. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Leland grew up, it seemed as if his father was never home. If he wasn't at the exotic locations depicted in the various publications, then where was he? And what was he doing?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a witty mystery that simultaneously follows the lives of the father and son, clues that Chester leaves behind point to notorious unsolved crimes committed within a fifteen-year span: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe D. B. Cooper plane skyjacking and ransom demand in the Pacific Northwest\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe theft from a Caribbean museum of a twenty-four-carat-gold cross recovered from a sixteenth-century shipwreck\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe inexplicable vanishing of $1 million from the Chicago First National Bank\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe theft of a collection of priceless artifacts from a Mexican anthropological museum\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Leland unlocks the mysteries surrounding his father's true life, he finds himself with even more unfathomable questions that he never anticipated asking about his family-and himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Keith Hirshland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1532719361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781532719363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.50d","brand":"Keith Hirshland","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453773000959,"sku":"9781532719363","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_26fadd3d-0184-4d2e-863f-e35e04f75d28.jpg?v=1777302231","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-flies-keith-hirshland-9781532719363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}