{"product_id":"sleep-with-strangers-paperback","title":"Sleep with Strangers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDolores Hitchens\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSteph Cha\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRediscover one of America's pioneering women crime writers with this classic noir starring a Long Beach private investigator reminiscent of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Are you trying to tell me you don't want the job, Mr. Sader?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt started as a missing persons case and grew more puzzling with the discovery of another strangely coincidental disappearance. Private eye Jim Sader finds himself deep in a multilayered intrigue revolving around oil and real estate and the sleazy underpinnings of Long Beach, California, in the 1950s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTaut, suspenseful, and gritty, many consider \u003ci\u003eSleep with Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e to be Dolores Hitchens' best novel.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolores Hitchens \u003c\/b\u003e(1907-1973) was a highly prolific author of novels and a play who wrote under several names, best known for a number of detective series including the Jim Sader novels and the Cat novels featuring elderly amateur sleuth Rachel Murdock. She was one of eight pioneers in the genre collected in the 2015 Library of America edition, \u003ci\u003eWomen Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s \u0026amp; 50s\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteph Cha\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eYour House Will Pay\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eJuniper Song\u003c\/i\u003e crime trilogy. She's an editor and critic whose work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. A native of the San Fernando Valley, she lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two basset hounds.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 267\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 06, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699514576959,"sku":"9781598536973","price":14.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d39f86cb103c07c5c5e537327b5e216a.webp?v=1765013580","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/sleep-with-strangers-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}