{"product_id":"curb-appeal-ibrahim-roble-9781966703365","title":"Curb Appeal: A Forgotten Object. A Buried Network. A Deadly Trash Picking Mistake.","description":"The sculpture on the curb wasn't supposed to be worth anything.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCleveland. 1996. Sunday afternoon.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheo Novak is a corporate instructional designer with a deadline, a Jeep, and a habit of garbage picking on his drive home through Shaker Heights. The dark bronze sculpture sitting on the curb in front of a long Tudor Revival is a free score - beautiful in an ugly way, the kind of ugly that costs a lot.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt just isn't free.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy the end of the week, Theo will have: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eFound a brass key and a sealed envelope hidden inside the bronze.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWatched two strangers break into his apartment in broad daylight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eMet an FBI agent who shouldn't exist.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWatched the woman he loves disappear into the back of a U-Haul.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eAgreed to walk into the Cleveland Museum of Art in a tailored suit and a fake name to deliver a piece of microfiche older than he is.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat's hidden in the sculpture is the seed of a Cold War operation the United States buried thirty years ago. What it's worth is more than the people who killed for it. And whoever ends up with it next will write the next thirty years of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheo has nine days. He has never owned a tailored suit. He has never seen anyone die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is about to do both.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCURB APPEAL\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is Book One of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shaker Protocol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - a literary spy thriller for readers of John le Carré, Mick Herron, and Olen Steinhauer. A story about ordinary people pulled into extraordinary danger, told in a voice you'll remember long after the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSlow Horses\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Tourist\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne sculpture. One key. One envelope. Nine days.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePick it up.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ibrahim Roble,Ken Konet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1966703368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781966703365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Humbolton Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Ibrahim Roble","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49001656975615,"sku":"9781966703365","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/curb-appeal-ibrahim-roble-9781966703365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}