{"product_id":"prelude-to-murder-allan-e-layne-9798330474189","title":"Prelude To Murder: Autumn's Saga - Book 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor a decade, Autumn survived a marriage of escalating shadows, using motherhood as a shield to try to hold herself together. She convinced herself that enduring the unendurable was the ultimate act of love, a silent sacrifice for her children's sake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUntil the man who once broke her heart returns with a promise of the life she almost lived.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis arrival was a terrifying hope, a spark in the darkness that her husband was determined to extinguish. But as her affair stretches into years, her husband, Elias, and his new girlfriend, who is now pulling his strings, use every \"feral\" maternal instinct to dismantle Autumn's life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they move to strip her of her children, the one thing she holds closest to her soul, the shield of motherhood doesn't just crack.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt shatters.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrelude to Murder is a visceral, high-tension autopsy of a mother pushed to the absolute edge where before the sirens or the headlines, there was a video where\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElias wasn't threatened, he was made a promise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan E. Layne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798330474189\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allan Layne Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.04lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Allan E. Layne","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50665604874495,"sku":"9798330474189","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prelude-to-murder-allan-e-layne-9798330474189","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}