{"product_id":"i-mean-you-no-harm-paperback","title":"I Mean You No Harm - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBeth Castrodale\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe enemy of my enemy is my sister\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCareer criminal Vic Doloro isn't the kind of guy you'd send a card to on Father's Day. Layla Shawn never has. She's spent most of her thirty-two years estranged from her father and haunted by the mysterious death of her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Vic dies, leaving Layla-an unemployed artist-a tempting inheritance of ill-gotten money. Urging her to take the money is Vic's other daughter, Bette, with whom Layla shares a troubled past. On a cross-country road trip, the two women mend fences, but Layla finds herself caught in the middle of an unsettled and lethal score between her father and a man who knows more than he should about her mother's death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Layla zeroes in on the truth and wrestles with her own demons, she finds herself face to face with a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeth Castrodale worked as a newspaper reporter until her love of books led her to the publishing field. She was a senior editor at Bedford\/St. Martin's and is the founding editor of Small Press Picks. Her short fiction has appeared in numerous publications, including \u003ci\u003eMarathon Literary Review, Printer's Devil Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eSmoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eMarion Hatley\u003c\/i\u003e, was a finalist for a Nilsen Prize for a First Novel from Southeast Missouri State University Press, and an excerpt from her second novel, \u003ci\u003eIn This Ground\u003c\/i\u003e, was a shortlist finalist for a William Faulkner - William Wisdom Creative Writing Award. Castrodale lives in Boston in a shadowy Victorian that's proving to be an inspiration for her next book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 282\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707781812287,"sku":"9781945501715","price":20.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/073bd32c536b222e8f55bd045d2f4c8f.webp?v=1765045431","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/i-mean-you-no-harm-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}