{"product_id":"city-of-smoke-and-sea-paperback","title":"City of Smoke and Sea - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMalia Marquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Part mystery, part magical, and completely captivating.\"--Karen Winn, author of \u003cem\u003eOur Little World\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eQueenie Rivers was raised by her grandparents in coastal Los Angeles. As she approaches thirty, her erratic lifestyle is forced back on course by a car accident and her grandmother's intervention.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut her recovery is interrupted by a break-in and Gran's death. Gran's last act was to set Queenie up with a job at an upscale seaside bistro with a shady reputation--the owner of which, it turns out, was once a close friend. As Queenie digs into Gran's past for answers about the break-in, the murder, and the unnerving circumstances surrounding the restaurant and her new boss, she discovers that her grandmother, a Romani Holocaust survivor, kept many secrets, some of them otherworldly--secrets that become hers to unravel when she becomes a suspect in Gran's murder case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMalia Márquez\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in New Mexico and grew up in New England. She holds a BFA in 3D Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art \u0026amp; Design and an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. Her work in translation has appeared in \u003cem\u003ePoetry Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e and her short fiction and essays have been included in various journals and anthologies. Her first novel, \u003cem\u003e This Fierce Blood\u003c\/em\u003e, was published by Acre Books in 2021. Her second novel, \u003cem\u003eCity of Smoke and Sea\u003c\/em\u003e, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press. She writes and teaches in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.71 x 8.35 x 5.35 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595397062963,"sku":"9780963952837","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-smoke-and-sea-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}