{"product_id":"the-sun-also-bites-paperback","title":"The Sun Also Bites - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eIsabel Campbell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Anderle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA vampire walks into a retirement community. Someone's already dead.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe dead man had a clean bill of health. Three weeks earlier, he'd had a pool bar confrontation in front of the whole community. That was all it took.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenelope Covens has one rule: never stay long enough to be remembered. Eighty years of packed suitcases, scrubbed apartments, carefully unremarkable cars. The next city was already mapped when Frankie called-family, the way his mother was family-asking her to come to Palm Springs. \u003cb\u003eNow\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time Penny arrived at Crimson Canyon Estates, the community had already decided. No police. No charges. Just cancelled card nights and an HOA review with Frankie's name written between every line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePenny has walked into harder rooms than a Palm Springs retirement community. She's cleared people before, in places where the stakes were measured in wars. But she's never investigated a gated community where every resident is armed with a casserole dish and an opinion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Penny clear her oldest friend before the community turns its quiet, polite attention on her? Or has she finally walked into the one place she can't afford to leave?\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46382063157383,"sku":"9798897903078","price":20.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5eL01xBfkp9798897903078.webp?v=1793400612","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-sun-also-bites-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}