{"product_id":"blood-count-jack-batten-9781459735347","title":"Blood Count: A Crang Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eAt a time when gay communities were hidden worlds, Crang needs to root out a killer and do his best to right a grave wrong.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e At the height of the AIDS crisis in the early nineties, a close friend of Crang's, Alex Corcoran, loses his partner, Ian, to the disease. After Ian's death, Crang is enlisted by Alex to find the man who infected Ian. Crang searches for the man to prevent Alex from getting himself in trouble. However, when Alex is murdered, Crang owes it to his friends to find their killers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The case, which explores the gay scene in Toronto at a time when LGBT culture was still very much a hidden world and open persecution was commonplace, ends up involving a cabinet minister afraid of being exposed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A clever political mystery, \u003ci\u003eBlood Count\u003c\/i\u003e is also an emotional and moving story of a couple whose lives are devastated by AIDS and a community damaged by the prejudices of the world around them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Batten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 145973534X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781459735347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dundurn Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.40w x 0.60d","brand":"Jack Batten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962610635007,"sku":"9781459735347","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc135728-be3d-4b26-98de-78724c6f562d.jpg?v=1750651982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blood-count-jack-batten-9781459735347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}