{"product_id":"laughing-dead-1","title":"Laughing Dead","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLaughing Dead\u003c\/h1\u003eJess Lourey,Jess Lourey\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003eJuly 22 2025\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781662514166\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1662514166\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eItems marked as \u003cb\u003eWAREHOUSE\u003c\/b\u003e may take additional time to be delivered to your address or picked up in the store.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo murder investigations, decades apart, threaten to expose a cold case agent's darkest secrets in a pulse-pounding thriller by the Edgar Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eThe Taken Ones\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe bodies of three teenage girls are found in central Minnesota--each with her mouth fixed in a ghoulish grin, smiling at a deadly joke no one can hear. But authorities eventually close and forget the curious case, dubbed the Laughing Dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, cold case agent Evangeline \"Van\" Reed is called to the scene of a crime where the victim wears that same horror-movie smile. But this time someone seems to be sending a message: Van's police ID has turned up at the scene, making her the prime suspect. It's not that outlandish, considering her secrets--ones she's never even told her partner, forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she feels others closing in, Van reopens the mystery of the Laughing Dead, hoping to find a connection to clear her name. But the search only gets darker. Because the more Van digs backward in time, the closer she comes to a terrible truth: Everything she has spent her life trying to hide is returning to haunt her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67390811275309,"sku":"WHS-9cb59983d1584a6ea77334d8d844ba63","price":16.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_75f3ab6a-25a8-4f82-b178-61731d2849fd.jpg?v=1787347577","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/laughing-dead-1","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}