{"product_id":"working-the-beat-joan-livingston-9798337781884","title":"Working the Beat: Isabel Long Mystery Series Book 5","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne mystery that leads to another...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabel Long stumbles into her next case at a country fair when she is approached by a woman whose grandson's body was found there four years earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShirley Dawes took in Lucas Page after his mother had abandoned him, doing her best after failing to protect her own children from her late husband, a no-good abuser. Shirley's clearly had a hard life although by what people say, she did a good job raising him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut on a Saturday night, Lucas Page dies in a ravine behind the fair's demolition derby, and nobody saw what happened. The official ruling was that he slipped and fell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce again, Isabel discovers herself drawn to help a desperate person.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she's not pouring beer at the Rooster Bar, Isabel is working the beat, a term from her many years as a journalist. That means following a story to the end - talking with the reliable sources she met in her other cases, uncovering secrets, and meeting people of interest, including a few unsavory characters who quickly become suspects. Plus, she can always count on the sage advice of Maria, her 93-year-old mother, her 'Watson.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong the way Isabel finds compelling evidence that Lucas might have a connection to a string of break-ins in the hilltowns - yet another unsolved mystery. Was Lucas part of a ring of thieves? Or was he trying to do the right thing but died as a result of it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabel soon has her hands full with case number five.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joan Livingston\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798337781884\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\/24\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.61d","brand":"Joan Livingston","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089216516351,"sku":"9798337781884","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5638b7a7-fc42-43c3-9031-822d3d234b73.jpg?v=1769108880","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/working-the-beat-joan-livingston-9798337781884","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}