{"product_id":"the-long-blue-stare-john-charles-gifford-9781532016653","title":"The Long Blue Stare: A Montreal Murder Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is 1954 in Montreal--the original Sin City. Michael Spence and Philippe Belanger are long-time friends and partners in an investment firm. When it is discovered that Belanger has embezzled one hundred thousand dollars from his clients, the Crown attorney has him arrested. Because Spence believes an auditing mistake has been made and his friend is innocent, he posts bail for him. Hours after his release, Belanger disappears without a trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrivate investigator Eddie Wade runs a one-man detective agency and needs a hot case to jump-start his bank account. When he is hired to find Belanger and the money he stole, Wade eagerly begins searching for answers within the glitz and glamour of high-class Montreal society. But when he is propelled into a darkness he never could have imagined, he finds a nightmare that ultimately makes him question all that he believes in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this gripping tale, a hard-boiled private investigator hunting down an embezzler unwittingly stumbles into the underbelly of death, crime, deceit, and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Charles Gifford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1532016654\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781532016653\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/19\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.62d","brand":"John Charles Gifford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48459329765631,"sku":"9781532016653","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7ec2a401-a73e-4285-bcbb-310efe76dda4.jpg?v=1777409144","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-long-blue-stare-john-charles-gifford-9781532016653","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}