{"product_id":"the-drifter-paperback-1","title":"The Drifter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNick Petrie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first explosive thriller featuring Peter Ash, a veteran who finds that the demons of war aren't easily left behind... \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Lots of characters get compared to my own Jack Reacher, but Petrie's Peter Ash is the real deal.\"--Lee Child\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePeter Ash came home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with only one souvenir: what he calls his \"white static,\" the buzzing claustrophobia due to post-traumatic stress that has driven him to spend a year roaming in nature, sleeping under the stars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a friend from the Marines commits suicide, Ash returns to civilization to help the man's widow with some home repairs. Under her dilapidated porch, he finds more than he bargained for: the largest, ugliest, meanest dog he's ever encountered...and a Samsonite suitcase stuffed with cash and explosives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Ash begins to investigate this unexpected discovery, he finds himself at the center of a plot that is far larger than he could have imagined...and it may lead straight back to the world he thought he'd left for good.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Petrie\u003c\/b\u003e received his MFA in fiction from the University of Washington, won a Hopwood Award for short fiction while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, and his story At the Laundromat won the 2006 Short Story Contest in the \u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Review\u003c\/i\u003e, a national literary journal. A husband and father, he runs a home-inspection business in Milwaukee. His novels in the Peter Ash series include \u003ci\u003eThe Drifter, \u003c\/i\u003ewinner of the ITW Thriller Award and the Barry Award for Best First Novel, \u003ci\u003eBurning Bright\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLight It Up\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 7.3 x 4.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 07, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42175577260167,"sku":"9780735215207","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5871d03c06c38bfc889085b283bfea4d.webp?v=1733382602","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-drifter-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}