{"product_id":"murder-by-manuscript-nick-vulich-9798265800299","title":"Murder By Manuscript: A Darkly Comic Cozy Thriller","description":"Owen Kline has a problem. He set out to write the perfect mystery novel-but the mystery won't stay on the page. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne moment he's staring at a blinking cursor, the next he's trapped in a cul-de-sac full of oddball neighbors who may or may not exist. There's Mara, who stirs cocktails with suspicious flair; Reed, who walks his dog like it's a weapon; Greene, who counts every blade of grass; and Alfie, Owen's snarky alter ego who refuses to shut up long enough to let him think. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen come the ominous notes. Manuscript pages appear where they shouldn't. And worst of all, Owen realizes his harshest editor isn't human at all but a grinning skeleton with ink-stained fingers and a pen that bleeds more than ink-a hallucination, maybe, or just the shape his imagination takes when it turns against him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs fiction and reality bleed together, Owen must decide: is he writing the murders, or living them? And what happens if the story he's creating edits him out? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWickedly funny and deliciously unsettling, \u003cb\u003e Murder by Manuscrip\u003c\/b\u003et is a mystery for anyone who's ever been haunted by their own imagination. Because in Owen's world, one thing is certain: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeath always edits the final draft.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nick Vulich\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798265800299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/16\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51d","brand":"Nick Vulich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49170410471679,"sku":"9798265800299","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murder-by-manuscript-nick-vulich-9798265800299","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}