{"product_id":"the-devil-hath-a-pleasing-shape-hardcover","title":"The Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Roberts\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWalk the dark halls and threatening streets of 1920s Asheville in this thrilling third installment of The Stephen Robbins Chronicles, as fan-favorite Robbins confronts the dangerous contrast between appearance and reality at the exclusive Grove Park Inn.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt's the autumn of 1924, and Benjamin Loftis has a problem. A college girl is discovered--naked and dead--in one of the finest rooms of his beloved Grove Park Inn. To protect the reputation of this jewel in the crown of North Carolina and all the Southern mountains, Loftis calls in Stephen Robbins, a local man famous in some circles for finding missing people and solving unsolvable crimes.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobbins, now scarred and battered by life's wars, would rather retreat from the world than dive headfirst into a new mystery. But he agrees to help and is quickly swept into the social hierarchy of Asheville's complex and harshly stratified society, running head-on into the financial and political elite who control this mountain town--those who want \u003ci\u003ea \u003c\/i\u003emurderer caught but not necessarily \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e murderer.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith so many socialites focused on reputation over truth, will Robbins be able to find the devil walking among them and bring them to justice? Find out in \u003ci\u003eThe Devil Hath a Pleasing Shape\u003c\/i\u003e, a thrilling noir set against the backdrop of the jazz age in America.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWant more Stephen Robbins? Read more of his story in \u003c\/i\u003eA Short Time to Stay Here \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eMy Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTerry Roberts is the author of five celebrated novels: \u003ci\u003eA Short Time to Stay Here \u003c\/i\u003e(winner of the Willie Morris Prize for Southern Fiction and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); \u003ci\u003eThat Bright Land\u003c\/i\u003e (winner of the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award, the James Still Award for Writing About the Appalachian South and the Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Ghost Speakeasy and Revival\u003c\/i\u003e (Finalist for the 2019 Sir Walter Raleigh Award for Fiction); \u003ci\u003eMy Mistress' Eyes are Raven Black\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e (\u003c\/em\u003eFinalist for the 2022 Best Paperback Original Novel by the International Thriller Writers Organization); and most recently, \u003ci\u003eThe Sky Club\u003c\/i\u003e, released in July of 2022.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberts is a lifelong teacher and educational reformer as well as an award-winning novelist. He is a native of the mountains of Western North Carolina--born and bred. His ancestors include six generations of mountain farmers, as well as the bootleggers and preachers who appear in his novels. He was raised close by his grandmother, Belva Anderson Roberts, who was born in 1888 and passed to him the magic of the past along with the grit and humor of mountain story telling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoberts is the Director of the National Paideia Center and lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife, Lynn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683340947519,"sku":"9781684420346","price":41.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/d580255f5fa7e29c44911258b6fcb6a4_afb41ed9-263b-4d4e-8037-b56da348a210.webp?v=1764963537","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-devil-hath-a-pleasing-shape-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}