{"product_id":"lake-of-darkness-scott-kenemore-9781945863509","title":"Lake of Darkness","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn Alternate History in which Power, Crime, and the Supernatural Intersect on the South Side of Chicago \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the First World War, on the South Side of Chicago, officer Joe \"Flip\" Flippity has begun an investigation into a serial decapitationist who is hunting young children. At a time when African American officers are rendered second-class by prejudicial policies, Flip is nonetheless called upon by the mayor of the city--the legendary Big Bill Thompson himself--and a host of powerful city fathers, to thwart this murderer who threatens to destroy the city's reputation as a safe haven for those making the Great Migration north. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile searching to catch his killer--and to discover why the most powerful men in Chicago are \u003ci\u003etruly\u003c\/i\u003e concerned about the murders of poor black refugees--Flip's bloody trail takes him through the South Side's vice districts (where anything is available for a price), across its most dangerous criminal underbellies, and into a bracing and unexpected world of supernatural horror. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Flip digs deeper in his quest to protect the city's most vulnerable, he stumbles upon more mysterious murders, confounding psychological puzzles, and terrifying hints of something \"other\" that may reach across from unknowable distances to guide the hand of a killer. It soon becomes apparent that all is not as it seems, and that mysterious and powerful forces are conspiring to stand in Flip's way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA combination of detective thriller, cosmic horror, and historical fiction, \u003ci\u003eLake of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e takes us to the deepest and darkest places in Chicago's very dark history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Kenemore\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1945863501\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781945863509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Talos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/30\/2020","brand":"Scott Kenemore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46136097145087,"sku":"9781945863509","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea806ff2-2ec6-493e-9c39-4894541ed502.jpg?v=1726415673","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lake-of-darkness-scott-kenemore-9781945863509","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}