{"product_id":"9781449071424","title":"Thumbs Down","description":"The telephone's insistent ringing at three in the morning snatched Sam Workman from dreamless sleep. \"Hello,\" he mumbled. \"This is a warning,\" said a digitally altered voice. \"Leave Betterton now! If you don't, you won't live long enough to regret it.\" \"Who is this?\" Sam angrily demanded to a dead line. \"Unknown name, unknown number,\" blinked the call identifier. \"Coward!\" Workman growled and slammed down the receiver. The call was the first episode in a conspiracy to force Sam and his business, B\u0026amp;W Concrete, out of Betterton or destroy them. Followed were attempts to oust B\u0026amp;W from two construction projects, a hospital addition and an engine plant, totaling $400 million in construction costs to yield B\u0026amp;W $10 million profits. Sam retains attorney Penn Roman to stem the tide of disastrous actions drowning B\u0026amp;W in a flood of claims of incompetency and fraud and more threats and violence against Sam, Penn, and Penn's family. When a testing lab employee working on the projects disappears, and the newspaper prints libelous articles condemning B\u0026amp;W, Penn and Sam find themselves entangled in a web of greed, deceit, violence, and murder. Courageously, they face the schemers in an explosive and telling trial to the finish.","brand":"AuthorHouse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48532353220849,"sku":"9781449071424","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781449071424_p0.jpg?v=1786300045","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781449071424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}