{"product_id":"the-big-thaw-paperback","title":"The Big Thaw - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald Harstad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA killer is placing his cross hairs over the American heartland....\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe pair of frozen corpses were found under a tarp in the machine shed of an empty farmhouse. Two males -- brothers -- both killed by bullets from a Russian automatic fired at close range. The cops have a suspect: a man Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman busted five years earlier and the county's lead suspect in a series of recent robberies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHouseman knows they have the wrong guy. He also knows they've got something bigger than a burglary gone bad ... especially when the FBI starts showing up in Maitland. The brutal double homicide is just the tip of the iceberg in a case where a killer's trail keeps disappearing like footprints in freshly fallen snow, and where one bad break can send a good cop into a deep freeze.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA killer is placing his cross hairs over the American heartland.... \u003cbr\u003eThe pair of frozen corpses were found under a tarp in the machine shed of an empty farmhouse. Two males -- brothers -- both killed by bullets from a Russian automatic fired at close range. The cops have a suspect: a man Deputy Sheriff Carl Houseman busted five years earlier and the county's lead suspect in a series of recent robberies. \u003cbr\u003eHouseman knows they have the wrong guy. He also knows they've got something bigger than a burglary gone bad ... especially when the FBI starts showing up in Maitland. The brutal double homicide is just the tip of the iceberg in a case where a killer's trail keeps disappearing like footprints in freshly fallen snow, and where one bad break can send a good cop into a deep freeze.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Harstad is a twenty-six-year veteran of the Clayton County Sheriff's Department in northeastern Iowa, and the author of the acclaimed novels \u003cb\u003eEleven Days\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eKnown Dead\u003c\/b\u003e. A former deputy sheriff, Harstad lives with his wife, Mary, in Elkader, Iowa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.16 x 6.89 x 4.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42690713157695,"sku":"9780553583038","price":9.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/9f9e01b65fda088696e57a5624503414_55c54a01-bfc2-4e06-87cd-3708c2e22e05.webp?v=1764989880","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-big-thaw-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}