{"product_id":"the-safe-room-paperback","title":"The Safe Room - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eB. A. Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA pre-Civil War era murder haunts a present-day family in this atmospheric suspense novel by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e How long can murder haunt a family? Until the wrong is put right and the victim is able to rest in peace. Set in Lexington, Massachusetts, \u003ci\u003eThe Safe Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of such a murder and such a haunting. A psychological thriller, the tale toggles between the eve of the Civil War and present day. It follows the doomed love affair of Silas Person, a runaway slave riding the Underground Railroad, and Sarah Harden, the daughter of a famous abolitionist. Sarah and Silas's story is intertwined with that of Lee Seymour, a modern-day descendant of the Harden family who must suddenly grapple with a world in which murder and ghosts are all too real. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Safe Room\u003c\/i\u003e is a suspenseful tale that employs love and the paranormal to explore the ugliness of injustice and the beauty of human hope.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. A. Shapiro is the author of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/i\u003e, five additional novels, four screenplays, and a nonfiction book. She is the recipient of the 2013 New England Book Award for Fiction, a 2013 Massachusetts Must-Read Book award, and a 2012 Boston Globe Best Crime Book award. Shapiro was also nominated for a 2013 Massachusetts Book Award. She lives in Boston and is working on her next novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167992713351,"sku":"9781504011679","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/dcc6332f37510a59df89a09a9eab7930.webp?v=1733332224","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-safe-room-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}