{"product_id":"blackbird-papers","title":"Blackbird Papers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBlackbird Papers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eIan Smith\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780385511360\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eDoubleday\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eA rainy night . . . A stranded motorist . . . A Good Samaritan passerby ... a Nobel Prize-winning professor . . . The setup for a shocking murder designed to cover up an even more sinister crime . . . \u003cbr\u003e\"The Blackbird Papers\" marks the debut of Ian Smith, a major new talent in crime fiction, and of Sterling Bledsoe, his smart and occasionally combative sleuth. \u003cbr\u003eWorld-renowned Dartmouth professor Wilson Bledsoe is returning from a party celebrating his latest honor when he encounters a broken-down pickup on the secluded country road to his home. The next day, the discovery of his body with a vicious racist epithet carved into his chest leads to the quick arrest of two loathsome white supremacists. The local authorities seem ready to accept the case at face value as a racial hate crime. But the murdered professor's brother, FBI agent Sterling Bledsoe, has inserted himself into the investigation and isn't ready to buy into this pat solution. A look around his brother's lab and brief interviews with his students and colleagues pique Sterling's curiosity about Wilson's pet project: a nearly completed paper on the mysterious deaths of hundreds of local blackbirds. \u003cbr\u003eFast-paced and cleverly constructed, \"The Blackbird Papers\" introduces a major new talent in mystery and crime fiction.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Doubleday","offers":[{"title":"Blackbird Papers | Ian Smith | Hardcover | 9780385511360 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks D 1760253","offer_id":49199077392536,"sku":"1760253","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81DuQP_kK0L.jpg?v=1780694472","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/blackbird-papers","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}