{"product_id":"sand-dancer-colin-youngman-9798328410298","title":"Sand Dancer: A Ryan Jarrod Tyneside Crime Mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003eSemilla Rachman, an internationally-renowned performer, goes missing in front of a packed theatre audience on a return visit to her home town. Has she staged the whole thing - or are forces more sinister at play?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe girl's mother believes it's the latter, with her ex-husband topping her suspect list. Detective Sergeant Ryan Jarrod, struggling with a sick grandmother and a heavily-pregnant girlfriend, hopes it's the former. When a ransom note arrives, followed by menacing threats of the darkest kind, Jarrod knows his luck is out.\u003cbr\u003eThe search for the missing girl takes Jarrod and his accomplices into a world of politics and performance, jealousy and adoration, friends and stalkers - any one of whom could be the centre point of this heart-stopping, page-turning mystery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThink of Ann Cleeves or LJ Ross with the gritty, urban twist of Ian Rankin and Peter James - that's the Ryan Jarrod series: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eexplosive crime fiction in the mould of traditional dark thrillers.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat people are saying about the Ryan Jarrod series: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Narrative so rich you can smell the Tyne'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Crying out to be a TV series or motion picture!'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The pace of James Patterson'\u003cbr\u003e'Just when you think you've seen all the plot twists, another one comes along!'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A Geordie Rebus'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Felt every pain and anguish. Story line excellent and what an ending'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Wow! Colin Youngman you've done it again! You've penned another blinder of a novel'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A real page-turner'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Excellent twists and turns. More Ryan Jarrod, please'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A rollicking, edge-of-the-seat read.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ryan Jarrod novels are standalone stories though are best enjoyed when read in sequential order.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Colin Youngman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798328410298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Colin Youngman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48442877575423,"sku":"9798328410298","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_99b47419-f26f-435a-8a64-f7fd654dbb5e.jpg?v=1777200342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sand-dancer-colin-youngman-9798328410298","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}