{"product_id":"the-cheating-side-paperback","title":"The Cheating Side - 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. Reuben Appelman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Appelman writes with soul and swagger. \u003ci\u003eThe Cheating Side\u003c\/i\u003e ignites from the very first page and burns everything in its path. A truly breathtaking read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e―Alex Gansa, creator of Showtime's Homeland series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Idaho private investigator Jimmy Chinden's murder investigation threatens a land deal worth millions, the politically protected Aryan mob comes gunning for his family―but the old money outlaws might be outgunned.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the cheating side of Boise in Garden City, where Idahoans hide their dirtiest secrets, empty-nesting private investigator Jimmy Chinden is tracking a stolen 1961 Impala when he follows a column of smoke into the sagebrush to discover the vehicle―on fire, and with a body in the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe victim is a reviled swindler, who Jimmy suspects murdered his mother after bilking her out of the no-tell motel she owned. The body's discovery awakens generational demons and sets off a chain of dark events as Jimmy's theft case turns into a murder investigation, threatening to upend a land deal worth millions and putting Jimmy's family at risk as North Idaho white supremacists and their drug cartel associates come gunning for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a cast of characters evoking Elmore Leonard's society of goons, and a connection to the landscape that is vivid, visceral, and reminiscent of James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux novels, Appelman's \u003ci\u003eThe Cheating Side\u003c\/i\u003e provides a genre-pushing, socially relevant reinvigoration of the American crime novel protagonist, with a challenge to pervasive masculinity tropes and a biting, no-holds-barred attack on the bigotries of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Reuben Appelman's crime writing has received \u003cb\u003e\"best of\" awards\u003c\/b\u003e by the \u003ci\u003eNYT Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePeople Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and dozens of other media outlets. He has written and produced multiple feature documentaries, and executive produced \u003ci\u003eChildren of the Snow\u003c\/i\u003e, the docuseries based on ten years of research for his true-crime memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Kill Jar\u003c\/i\u003e, about the Oakland County Child Killings. Appelman is a \u003cb\u003etwo-time State of Idaho Literature Fellow\u003c\/b\u003e, and works as a private investigator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44767965282439,"sku":"9781943075980","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1z9BRKM1sp9781943075980.webp?v=1780386624","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-cheating-side-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}