{"product_id":"when-the-bells-answer-amy-wertz-9798245860183","title":"When the Bells Answer: A Modern Krampus Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter fifteen years assessing troubled children, psychologist \u003cb\u003eDr. Conner Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e begins to notice something impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe children he labeled as hopeless are disappearing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot missing-erased. Records vanish. Families forget they ever existed. Entire lives dissolve into silence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnly Conner remembers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an investigation turns him into the prime suspect, Conner uncovers a pattern hidden inside the language of professional certainty. Every time a child's future is declared already written-violent, broken, beyond saving-something hears it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd something answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow accused of crimes no one can explain, Conner must decide whether to abandon the truth that destroyed his career-or continue fighting a system that unknowingly summons the collector of the condemned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause once the bells ring, it may already be too late.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWHEN THE BELLS ANSWER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary supernatural thriller about institutional power, the violence of certainty, and the dangerous moment when a child's future is written before it has been lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of \u003cb\u003eThe Silent Patient, The Fisherman, and The Only Good Indians\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Wertz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798245860183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.42d","brand":"Amy Wertz","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172476199167,"sku":"9798245860183","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/when-the-bells-answer-amy-wertz-9798245860183","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}