{"product_id":"the-riddle-luke-bruhns-9798252193922","title":"The Riddle: A Braun Cases Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetroit, 1962. A union secretary is found hanging in his office. The department calls it suicide.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDetective John Braun calls it murder - because dead men don't fight the rope, and nobody stood on that chair.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo years after exposing eight corrupt officers, Braun is radioactive in the department - trusted by no one, tolerated by all. Now a recording secretary named Stanley Poremba is dead in a locked union office.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Braun sees what everybody else is paid to ignore: an untouched chair, a body four feet too far, and a filing cabinet with a gap where the records used to be. The investigation leads through two sets of books, a shell company that may not exist, and a network of Masonic handshakes connecting unions, management, and the police department.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis own mentor wears a lodge ring. His evidence is being contaminated from inside the building. And the only people who want the truth are the ones with the most to lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Riddle\u003c\/i\u003e is the second novel in \u003cb\u003eThe Braun Cases\u003c\/b\u003e, a five-book series following John Braun through 1960s Detroit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Luke Bruhns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798252193922\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Luke Bruhns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48588490670335,"sku":"9798252193922","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-riddle-luke-bruhns-9798252193922","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}