{"product_id":"nine-jan-burke","title":"Nine","description":"A drug kingpin on the FBI's Most Wanted list is found hanging upside  down over a bathtub, his corpse drained of blood. The killing looks like an  organized-crime payback hit--until another Ten Most Wanted criminal is found  similarly strung up, and then another. Soon Detective Alex Brandon of the L.A.  County Sheriff's Department is grappling not only with a testy partner and a  complicated home life, but also with a band of brilliant vigilantes whom the  public starts to regard as heroes.  Alex Brandon is almost too good to be true, with his penetrating blue eyes, his  steely toughness, his politeness, and his tenacious smarts. But Jan Burke--best  known for her well-regarded  series featuring reporter Irene Kelly--is such a sane, intelligent writer  that Brandon and the book's many other characters come vividly alive. She's also  a fine craftsman of individual scenes, many of which are perfectly paced little  dramas or comedies. Nine's gripping, multithreaded plot is sometimes too  complex for its own good, and the climax tips into melodrama, but overall the  reliable Burke, a past winner of the Edgar and other mystery awards, has  produced another winning read. --Nicholas H. Allison\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jan Burke\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pocket Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2003\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pocket Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45681412997311,"sku":"9780743444545","price":9.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0700\/1060\/1663\/files\/view_archive_b0d43430-94ce-430a-a4fa-e8b89cd03c4c.jpg?v=1780469593","url":"https:\/\/www.blendedbooknook.com\/products\/nine-jan-burke","provider":"Blended Book Nook","version":"1.0","type":"link"}