{"product_id":"9781466861992","title":"The Mango Opera","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst in the series featuring photographer-turned-amateur sleuth Alex Rutledge: \"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mango Opera \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ereconnects my heart and brain to Key West.\" -Jimmy Buffet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough he prefers magazine work, freelance photographer Alex Rutledge won't turn down an occasional crime scene shoot for the City of Key West Police Department. But when a string of murders takes his viewfinder into strangely familiar territory, Alex's mellow island lifestyle shatters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne after another, someone is killing women who have intimately crossed Alex Rutledge's path. Maybe it's a coincidence. Maybe it's a conspiracy. Or maybe he's crazy. But the connection marks Alex as the prime suspect in a case so hot it's drawn in the county sheriff, the FBI, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a desperate race to save his name and his life, Alex dives into a one-man search for the dark, sweltering truth beneath a case that's pounding toward meltdown . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A viciously creative plot and a perfectly rendered description of Key West as it really is, and the result is good to the bone.\" -P. J. O'Rourke, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A promising debut that gives a glimpse of Key West that tourists seldom see . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Mango Opera\u003c\/i\u003e brings a new and imaginative mystery writer with a unique view to the Florida fold.\" -\u003ci\u003eFt. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A powerful novel full of juicy characters and thrill a minute action. Not since \u003ci\u003e92 in the Shade\u003c\/i\u003e by Tom McGuane has Key West been rendered so vividly and with such spare poetry.\" -Jim Harrison, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46513421418737,"sku":"9781466861992","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781466861992_p0.jpg?v=1767469009","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466861992","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}