{"product_id":"wormwood-robert-l-van-kirk-9781462028108","title":"Wormwood: High Crimes and a Bunch of Misdemeanors","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe residents of Wormwood, West Virginia, have seen their once-thriving town slip into obscurity and decay. Under the abysmal direction of the business and civic leaders, life has sunk to new lows. Of course new ideas are always welcome-as long as they line the pockets of those in charge. So most everyone has pretty much come to accept things as they are. Besides, what else could go wrong in a town with no future? Who would even bother trying to make an even bigger mess of things?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMayor Little Dick Fleming is trying to unload his methane gas-filled coal mines on the city so he can get out from under the enormous cost of fixing them, hopefully before the town goes up in flames-and he wants a convention center built in his honor in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKarl Lamb, a self-styled marketing guru and slaughterhouse owner, is making one last, desperate attempt to stay afloat financially-by using the town's pets as the key to his demented, cost-reduction solution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReturning home after his last employer was shut down by the FBI, private investigator Ty Svenson launches his own business from a single-wide trailer with some serious structural issues. As Ty races to solve a murder and prevent a fresh round of civic atrocities, he falls for a former high school classmate-and a twenty-something librarian. While flood waters bear down on the city, Ty's dating dilemmas are resolved on live TV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt's just another day in Wormwood-and that's the problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert L. Van Kirk\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1462028101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781462028108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Robert L. Van Kirk","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48458488283391,"sku":"9781462028108","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1d07e7e-bf67-42c3-9286-1f4b902b03e5.jpg?v=1777404756","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/wormwood-robert-l-van-kirk-9781462028108","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}