{"product_id":"short-straw-paperback","title":"Short Straw - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStuart Woods\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the second Ed Eagle novel, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author Stuart Woods delivers a compulsively readable thriller full of crosses and double-crosses, featuring a shrewd criminal lawyer and his black widow of a wife... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSanta Fe lawyer Ed Eagle fell in love with the seductive Barbara Kennerly and married her--against his better judgment. Turns out that Ed should have listened to his intuition. On the morning of his fortieth birthday, he awakens to find that Barbara has vanished, and his money has been wired to the Cayman Islands. Barbara, it appears, drugged his birthday wine, neatly cleaned him out and then fled to Mexico, where she can't be extradited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And as if that weren't bad enough, when Ed arrives at work that morning he discovers that he's been assigned a new client: Joe Big Bear, a part-time mechanic charged with a triple homicide, who, Ed soon discovers, may also be embroiled in Barbara's plot...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStuart Woods\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than eighty-five novels, including the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling Stone Barrington series. He is a native of Georgia and began his writing career in the advertising industry. \u003ci\u003eChiefs\u003c\/i\u003e, his debut in 1981, won the Edgar Award. An avid sailor and pilot, Woods lives in Florida, Maine, and Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.97 x 7.54 x 4.76 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42133799731335,"sku":"9780451220844","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/268c3f9122c5ab923d5f6e820a9ed6e7.webp?v=1732636661","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/short-straw-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}