{"product_id":"mission-flats","title":"Mission Flats","description":"Review\n\nA most assured debut, cleverly plotted with an unguessable ending ― SUNDAY TELEGRAPH\n\nCompelling...marks the blooding of a major new talent, with shades of Scott Turow ― GUARDIAN\n\nLanday writes with eloquent intensity...about the no-win ethical choices that can corrupt or otherwise crush a good cop ― NEW YORK TIMES\n\nAn impressive and constantly surprising debut...the main plot twist knocks you sideways and there's more to come. A marvellous, unexpected novel ― TIME OUT\n\nWhat a read! I was really drawn into the storyline and expected a very different conclusion to the one I got! Fabulous! So many twists and turns and lies it makes you dizzy trying to keep up. ― NEW BOOKS MAGAZINE\n\nIn all the best thrillers - and William Landay's, like this new book, are among the best - it is crucial that we worry about the insuperable problems loaded on the shoulders of the central characters. Landay always handles that aspect with authority ― GOOD BOOK GUIDE\n\nProduct Description\n\nA Chief of Police who is looking for a way out...a retired cop...and a murder which reaches back 20 years... The brilliant, award-winning novel from the author of DEFENDING JACOB\n\nIn a small town in Maine, nothing much happens. Even the Chief of Police, Ben Truman, is thinking about leaving. That is, until he discovers a body in a cabin up by the lake.\n\nThe dead man turns out to be a Boston prosecutor who had been investigating a series of gang-related murders. When Truman heads to the city to follow the few leads he has on the case, he is not welcomed by the local police - after all, big city crime is not something he has had any experience with.\n\nBut Truman refuses to let go of the case. With the help of a retired cop, he becomes embroiled in an investigation which reaches back to a killing 20 years ago...\n\nBook Description\n\nA Chief of Police who is looking for a way out...a retired cop...and a murder which reaches back 20 years...\nThe brilliant, award-winning novel from the author of DEFENDING JACOB\n\nFrom the Back Cover\n\nA Chief of Police who is looking for a way out...a retired cop...and a murder which reaches back 20 years... The brilliant, award-winning novel from the author of DEFENDING JACOB\n\nAbout the Author\n\nWilliam Landay was an assistant district attorney before he turned to writing. He lives in Boston. Visit his website www.williamlanday.com","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40594336022613,"sku":"9781409136200N","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/65fff080-5c08-48ec-9bcd-8c0c23079665.jpg?v=1682354262","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/mission-flats","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}