{"product_id":"midnight-at-the-bright-ideas-matthew-sullivan-9781501116858","title":"Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore","description":"\u003cb\u003eWhen a bookshop patron dies by suicide, his favorite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he left behind in this \"shocking, charming, thrilling\" (Associated Press) and award-winning debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the Bright Ideas bookstore, she leads a meticulously ordered existence among her beloved books, eccentric colleagues, and the BookFrogs--the lost and lonely regulars who spend every day browsing the overwhelmed stacks. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a young BookFrog, Joey Molina, hangs himself in one of the upper rooms of the store, Lydia's life comes unglued. Inside one of Joey's pockets is a photograph of Lydia as a little girl. And when she flips through some of his books, she finds them defaced in ways both disturbing and inexplicable. They reveal the psyche of a young man on the verge of an emotional reckoning. The more she puzzles over them, the more they seem to contain a hidden message for her about his final days. What did Joey know? And what does it have to do with Lydia? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith \"oddball characters and [a] layered plot\" (Marilyn Stasio, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e), \u003ci\u003eMidnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e is \"a smart, twisty crime novel set in a world that booklovers will adore\" (Jess Walter, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Matthew Sullivan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501116851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501116858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Matthew Sullivan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052278444287,"sku":"9781501116858","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_891c989d-04b6-4cde-a5c6-992cd53fbd53.jpg?v=1685017922","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/midnight-at-the-bright-ideas-matthew-sullivan-9781501116858","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}