{"product_id":"book-qc1i","title":"The Ace of Spades","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen a celebrity bad boy is murdered in Jazz Age New York, a reporter, a detective, and a wife must navigate the dangerous gap between truth and power. Based on a real-life crime, \u003cem\u003eThe Ace of Spades\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping tale of genius, ambition, and deception.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York City, 1920. On a bright June morning, Joseph Bowne Elwell-notorious celebrity of the Jazz Age, bestselling author, high roller at race tracks and card tables, and the world's most famous expert on the game of bridge-is found shot in his townhouse. A murder in the glamorous world of Manhattan privilege immediately becomes front-page news across the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery lead in the case exposes new layers of deception among the city's wealthy and well-connected, where influence can silence witnesses and conceal the truth. The police can't solve it. The newspapers can't let it go. The public can't get enough. And the fifty-three women in his little black book-at least those the police can track down-know more than they're saying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the investigation winds through drawing rooms, private clubs, and the highest reaches of society, three lives become intertwined with the captivating crime: a pioneering female reporter determined to find the truth, a homicide captain racing to solve the city's most notorious murder, and the victim's estranged wife, whose own ambitions have long been overshadowed by the man now lying dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome murders make headlines. Some become history. A rare few become legends.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49682348015754,"sku":"HCqc1i","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49682348048522,"sku":"PBqc1i","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49682348081290,"sku":"DTqc1i","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook","offer_id":49682348114058,"sku":"ETqc1i","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49682348146826,"sku":"ZEqc1i","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49682348179594,"sku":"ZMqc1i","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/1069\/4538\/files\/qc1i-Rectangle-cover.jpg?v=1783366227","url":"https:\/\/www.blackstonepublishing.com\/products\/book-qc1i","provider":"Blackstone Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}