{"product_id":"deviant-acts-paperback","title":"Deviant Acts - 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\u003eJ. J. White\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunted, heroin-addicted Vietnam vet's new PI gig might turn his life around--or end it: \"[Hurst] is crazy as a loon, funny as hell, and deadly serious.\" --Sterling Watson, author of \u003ci\u003eNight Letter\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Jackson Hurst is not in a good place. The only thing that eases the pain is the heroin he's been addicted to since his time in Vietnam--and it's already cost him his job and his girlfriend. The downward spiral is only going to continue unless something changes. Then he's given an opportunity by his aunt Camille, a Vermont millionaire who wants to hire Jackson to rescue her twenty-year-old daughter from kidnappers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Camille will spare no expense to get Cheryl back--she also wants the kidnappers dead. And Jackson desperately needs the money. The question is whether he can stay clean long enough to do the job--and more importantly, whether he can bring himself to kill again . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eNisei\u003c\/i\u003e and other novels, this is both a gritty detective story and a portrait of one down-and-out man's quest for redemption in 1970s America.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ.J. White has had articles and stories published in several anthologies and magazines including, \u003ci\u003eWordsmith\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003eHomestead Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Seven Hills Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBacopa Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Grey Sparrow Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. His story, \"The Adventure of the Nine Hole League,\" was published in the \u003ci\u003eSherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and his story, \"Lucky Bastard Club,\" was published in the\u003ci\u003e Saturday Evening Post\u003c\/i\u003e's 2016 Great American Fiction Contest anthology. His debut novel, \u003ci\u003eProdigious Savant\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2014, followed by \u003ci\u003eDeviant Acts \u003c\/i\u003e(2015), and \u003ci\u003eNisei\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). He was nominated for the Pushcart Prize for his short story \"Tour Bus.\" He lives in Merritt Island, Florida, with his wife and editor, Pamela. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53464425660723,"sku":"9781504077934","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/lR20uk7oKG9781504077934.webp?v=1781492876","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/deviant-acts-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}