{"title":"Bruce Robert Coffin","description":"Bruce Robert Coffin is the award-winning author of the Detective Byron Mysteries, the Turner and Mosley Files, and the Detective Justice novels. Former detective sergeant with more than twenty-seven years in law enforcement, he is the winner of Killer Nashville's Silver Falchion Awards for Best Procedural, and Best Investigator, and the Maine Literary Award for Best Crime Fiction Novel. Bruce was also a finalist for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. His short fiction appears in a number of anthologies, including Best American Mystery Stories 2016. Bruce lives and writes in Maine.","products":[{"product_id":"bitter-fall-paperback","title":"Bitter Fall - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSummer's last breath meets autumn's first kill in Greenville, Maine.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"...high-speed and dripping with suspense.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e --\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn a moonless stretch of backcountry road, Detective Brock Justice stares down at a crime scene that refuses to play by the rules. A woman lies dead, the apparent victim of a lethal roadside crash--until a stab wound is found hidden beneath her clothing. Two causes of death. Zero easy answers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReunited with his partner, Detective Chloe Wright, Justice begins pulling at threads too many people want left alone. The victim had secrets--the kind worth killing for. 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A rookie's baptism by fire. A town's secrets laid bare.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"...reads like the real deal--a tale of trial and redemption...\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--Craig Johnson, author of the Walt Longmire Mysteries\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the unforgiving wilderness of Maine, a disgraced detective must confront his past to solve a chilling murder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetective Brock Justice's career is on thin ice. Once the golden boy of Maine State Police, Brock now finds himself exiled to the remote northeastern wilderness, punishment for crossing the thin blue line. 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