{"product_id":"cool-it-down-paperback","title":"Cool It Down - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlec Cizak\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere Are No Heroes In This World\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter fleeing a deadly romance, Blake Ness finds himself on an obscure island off the Gulf Coast. He befriends the island's owner and mayor, a Cuban counter-revolutionary, and takes a job as a bouncer at a local massage parlor. Just when he thinks he's found a home in paradise, he meets a Sarasota land baron who knows his real identity. Blake must choose between paying for his crimes of the past, or committing a new crime he may never escape from... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eCool It Down\u003c\/i\u003e, Alec Cizak's follow-up to \u003ci\u003eBreaking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, Blake Ness wends through a Florida town's web of paranoia and conspiracy. He soon realizes he's addicted to murder, and, like a Jim Thompson character interwoven with one of David Goodis, all he has to do to survive is surrender all he believes...Does it end well? Does anything by Cizak? A stunning novel\"\u003cb\u003e-Rob Pierce, author of \u003ci\u003eBlood by Choice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Just when Florida couldn't get any weirder, Alec Cizak pulls you into Raro Key, a fictional coastal town rife with alligator worship, coffee-sipping spiders, pedophilic preachers, ghosts, and sins from the past, characters whose allegiances shift like shadows on cracked pavement. David Lynch meets Carl Hiassen in this sun-soaked revenge yarn\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Hector Duarte Jr., author of \u003ci\u003eDesperate Times Call\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"In \u003ci\u003eCool it Down\u003c\/i\u003e Alec Cizak does what he's always done best--kick back against the prigs of conformity while writing real prose with words that assault you like an iron fist in a silk glove. \u003ci\u003eCool it Down\u003c\/i\u003e transcends genres and literary pigeonholes to stand alone and it is a novel that truly deserves to.\"\u003cb\u003e-Stephen J. Golds, author of \u003ci\u003eAlways the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlec Cizak is a writer and filmmaker from Indiana. His most recent books include \u003ci\u003eLake County Incidents\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBreaking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDown on the Street\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the chief editor of the multi-genre fiction digest, \u003ci\u003ePulp Modern\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42744487346239,"sku":"9781643962382","price":24.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5d3e8bd015a9b6ef8b22ecb45bef135b.webp?v=1765168392","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/cool-it-down-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}