{"product_id":"2940154205105","title":"Missing Persons","description":"\u003cp\u003eShort story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA widowed college professor retires, moves to a California coastal town, and buys a home.  Digging in his garden one morning, he uncovers old love letters buried in a metal container.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe pries open the container, reads the letters and is emotionally moved.  He becomes intrigued by what appeared to be a clandestine love affair between a married woman and a man she had known before she married.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe makes inquiries about the former residents to learn who wrote  he letters.  His real estate agent tells him that a WW II war hero bought the house before the war, later married, and his young wife moved in with him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the war hero's wife disappeared in a storm.  Her body was never found. Was she one of the letter writers?  Who was her lover?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe professor begins researching -- a special talent of his -- and learns the startling truth.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut what should he do with the information, go public, or let it remain a secret that will never be told? \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Jack Erickson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46462357438705,"sku":"2940154205105","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/2940154205105_p0.jpg?v=1765897945","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154205105","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}