{"product_id":"9781511578219","title":"Iran, Puppets and Strings: The Master Puppeteer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIran, Puppets and Strings\u003c\/i\u003e is an intricate, fast-moving mystery thriller in the tradition of Robert Ludlum, David Baldacci, and Harlan Coben.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story finds Cheville Marks, a Nobel Laureate in physics, in the unenviable position of having to take his wife off life support after a year spent in a coma caused by a virus she contracted in the jungles of Brazil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe also meet Bettie Woods, a brilliant legal mind whose career has come to a crashing halt after losing what should have been cut-and-dried murder case. The high-profile case had been a disaster from start to finish, and it appears that the man who suddenly showed up in her life, who just as suddenly disappeared after the case ended, probably played a hand in its undoing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough neither knows it, Cheville and Bettie have something in common: their lives are among those being cynically manipulated by a master puppeteer who is pulling the strings of a vast international conspiracy to overthrow the US government.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Sylvia Schwarzkopf deftly guides the reader through a labyrinth of plots and subplots to unveil a chilling conspiracy as astounding in scope as it is surprising at every turn.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CreateSpace Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48530926043377,"sku":"9781511578219","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781511578219_p0.jpg?v=1786308700","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781511578219","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}