{"product_id":"family-affairs-james-y-bartlett-9781736393093","title":"Family Affairs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Suspect to Sleuth!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Rhode Island Attorney General Preston Knox is brutally murdered in his home, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ejust weeks before getting elected Governor, the state police immediately pull in Julius\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaddock for questioning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter all, Julius, the now-retired chief of police in the town of Little Penwick, had a beef\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewith the AG, when Knox drummed up some fake charges and put him in jail. (Glitter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGirl, Book 1).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Julius didn't do it, and has an unshakeable alibi-he was out having breakfast with\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehis son Gus Haddock, the current chief in Little Penwick. So the outgoing governor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eappoints Julius to the task force investigating Preston Knox's murder because she was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimpressed with his recent work on a cold case (Cold Secrets, Book 2).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd that's how Julius Haddock went from suspect to sleuth, working with the state police\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eto track down leads and eliminate suspects, one by one. Along the way, Julius is befriended\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby a local kid on a bike, who has some family secrets of his own; and with his partner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSiggi, Julius has to try and convince the last surviving member of an old Little Penwick\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamily to consider donating his land to the Little Penwick Land Trust. But there are old\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efamily ghosts in the way there, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily Affairs, Book 4 in the Swamp Yankee Mystery series, is another page-turning\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadventure of police procedural, small-town relationships and family secrets. Just the kind\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof stew that makes James Y. Bartlett's inventive new series so popular with readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James y. Bartlett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 173639309X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781736393093\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yeoman House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James y. Bartlett","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130242003199,"sku":"9781736393093","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81793a7f-48c8-4800-8da9-dfdfe8f725e1.jpg?v=1687468327","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/family-affairs-james-y-bartlett-9781736393093","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}