{"product_id":"pay-dirt-road-paperback","title":"Pay Dirt Road - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSamantha Jayne Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Night Lights\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eMare of Easttown\u003c\/i\u003e in this small-town mystery about an unlikely private investigator searching for a missing waitress. \u003ci\u003ePay Dirt Road\u003c\/i\u003e is the mesmerizing debut from the 2019 Tony Hillerman Prize recipient Samantha Jayne Allen.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnnie McIntyre has a love\/hate relationship with Garnett, Texas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecently graduated from college and home waitressing, lacking not in ambition but certainly in direction, Annie is lured into the family business--a private investigation firm--by her supposed-to-be-retired grandfather, Leroy, despite the rest of the clan's misgivings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen a waitress at the café goes missing, Annie and Leroy begin an investigation that leads them down rural routes and haunted byways, to noxious-smelling oil fields and to the glowing neon of local honky-tonks. As Annie works to uncover the truth she finds herself identifying with the victim in increasing, unsettling ways, and realizes she must confront her own past--failed romances, a disturbing experience she'd rather forget, and the trick mirror of nostalgia itself--if she wants to survive this homecoming.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSAMANTHA JAYNE ALLEN has an MFA in fiction from Texas State University. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eEllery Queen's Mystery Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Common\u003c\/i\u003e, and Electric Literature. Raised in small towns in Texas and California, she now lives with her husband in Atlanta. \u003ci\u003ePay Dirt Road\u003c\/i\u003e is her debut novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.26 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42691854204991,"sku":"9781250882929","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/67988a4b0317c6e61a7fc046e97e4aa0.webp?v=1764993442","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/pay-dirt-road-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}