{"product_id":"dust-in-the-heart-ralph-dennis-9781732422612","title":"Dust in the Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eThere's a killer stalking children in a small, North Carolina town...and the only one who can stop him is the local Sheriff, a man crippled physically and emotionally by a war that he's still fighting within himself. The haunting, powerful new thriller by Ralph Dennis, author of the legendary Hardman series of crime novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilton Drake's hip was shattered by a sniper's bullet in Lebanon...and his heart was ripped apart by the wife who left him as lay in a military hospital. Now, after fiteen years in the Navy, he's returned to Edgefield, North Carolina a broken man, looking for a way to hold himself together. He finds it in a bottle...and behind a badge as Webster County's newly elected Sheriff...but his forbidden attraction to a mysterious stripper and his harrowing investigation into a horrific string of child murders might destroy what's left of him, body and soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Ralph Dennis has mastered the genre and supplied top entertainment.\" \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"His prose is muscular, swift and highly readable. \" Joe R. Lansdale, author of the \u003ci\u003eHap \u0026amp; Leonard\u003c\/i\u003e novels, the basis for the hit TV series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Exceptional characterization, strong and vigorous prose, and a glimpse into a place and time that has long since disappeared.\"\u003ci\u003e Mystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\"An underappreciated master.\" Robert J. Randisi, founder of the Private Eye Writers of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"Straight-up, hardboiled crime fiction, written in a tight, evocative voice with a wicked, dark sense of humor.\" Lee Goldberg, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eTrue Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and\u003ci\u003e Lost Hills\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ralph Dennis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1732422613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781732422612\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cutting Edge Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/29\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.81lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2019\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ralph Dennis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47579848474879,"sku":"9781732422612","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ebd9b72f-3761-43a7-88d7-f2614bbf86d4.jpg?v=1763877074","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dust-in-the-heart-ralph-dennis-9781732422612","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}