{"product_id":"murder-on-argus-shawn-conners-9781937021238","title":"Murder on Argus","description":"Dr. Jareen's body turns up in the recycling pile on Argus Station. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNo marks.\u003cbr\u003eNo struggle.\u003cbr\u003eNo explanation.\u003cbr\u003eThe station logs show nothing went wrong. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet Dr. Jareen is still dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn enigmatic list scribbled moments before his death: Project Argus. The Watchers. Breach. Koplyck. Melas. Barbarant. Song. And at the bottom, underlined twice: Delia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDetective Constable Dack Speedle has spent twelve years policing Argus Station, a BarCor commerce hub orbiting a lonely star at the edge of inhabited space. He has seen everything under the sun. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has never seen anything like this. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe suspect list runs from an emotionally distant widow to an overly eager research assistant. From a nervous recycling chief to a mysterious cabaret owner. From a corporate enforcer to the Argus Chief Optimizer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat research was Dr. Jareen working on that somebody would kill for?\u003cbr\u003eWhat is Project Argus and who authorized it?\u003cbr\u003eWhere is Paka Symone? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeedle is trying to reconstruct the events, but at every turn he slams in to a wall. A BarCor wall. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe investigation will take Speedle from the gritty Lower Decks of the station to the sprawling so-called Cathedral on the barren surface of Eos, where BarCor has built itself an empire in the ruins of a planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA sixteen-year-old girl found the body.\u003cbr\u003eShe saw the face of the killer.\u003cbr\u003eShe stayed when she could have walked away. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe should have walked away.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shawn Conners\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1937021238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781937021238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Digital Pulse Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Shawn Conners","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997847531775,"sku":"9781937021238","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murder-on-argus-shawn-conners-9781937021238","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}