{"product_id":"lightning-men","title":"Lightning Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A brilliant blending of crime, mystery, and American history. Terrific entertainment''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStephen King on \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLightning Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e follows the multi-award-nominated, highly acclaimed crime debut \u003ci\u003eDarktown\u003c\/i\u003e into a city on the brink of huge and violent change - and full of secrets. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlanta, 1950. Crime divides, the fight unites. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOfficer Denny Rakestraw and ''Negro Officers'' Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith face the Klan, gangs and family warfare in a rapidly changing Atlanta.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBlack families - including Smith''s sister and brother-in-law - are moving into Rake''s formerly all-white neighbourhood, leading his brother-in-law, a proud Klansman, to launch a scheme to ''save'' their streets. When those efforts leave a man dead, Rake is forced to choose between loyalty to family or the law.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, Boggs has outraged his preacher father by courting a domestic, whose dangerous ex-boyfriend is then released from prison. As Boggs, Smith, and their all-black precinct contend with violent drug dealers fighting for turf in new territory, their personal dramas draw them closer to the fires that threaten to consume Atlanta once again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Thomas Mullen\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ''Magnificent and shocking''\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Written with a ferocious passion that''ll knock the wind out of you''\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319180403070,"sku":"NW9780349143101","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349143101.jpg?v=1778727191","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/lightning-men","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}