{"title":"Danielle Trussoni","description":"Danielle Trussoni is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The Ancestor, Angelology, and Angelopolis, all New York Times Notable Books, and The Puzzle Master,  chosen by The Washington Post as one of their Best Thrillers of 2023. Her memoir, Falling Through the Earth was selected by The New York Times as one of the Top Ten Books of the Year. Trussoni is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and winner of the Michener-Copernicus Society of America Fellowship, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.","products":[{"product_id":"the-puzzle-box-paperback","title":"The Puzzle Box - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - \"A fun, \u003ci\u003eDaVinci Code\u003c\/i\u003e-style blend of puzzles, mysticism and high-octane action\" \u003cb\u003e(\u003ci\u003ePeople, \u003c\/i\u003eBest Books of the Month)\u003c\/b\u003e, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Puzzle Master\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This rip-roaring adventure thriller is an escapist puzzle box of delights: a neurodivergent hero, an unsolvable mystery, and death hanging over every move.\"--Catherine Steadman, author of \u003ci\u003eSomething in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE \u003ci\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBOOK PRIZE - A \u003ci\u003ePUBLISHERS WEEKLY \u003c\/i\u003eBEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo sisters. A lost imperial treasure. The world's greatest puzzle master has twenty-four hours to solve the most dangerous mystery of his life . . . or die trying.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is the Year of the Wood Dragon, and the ingenious Mike Brink has been invited to Tokyo, Japan, to open the legendary Dragon Box. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe box was constructed during one of Japan's most tumultuous periods, when the samurai class was disbanded and the shogun lost power. In this moment of crisis, Emperor Meiji locked a priceless Imperial secret in the Dragon Box. Only two people knew how to open the box--Meiji and the box's sadistic constructor--and both died without telling a soul what was inside or how to open it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEvery twelve years since then, in the Year of the Dragon, the Imperial family holds a clandestine contest to open the box. It is devilishly difficult, filled with tricks, booby traps, poisons, and mind-bending twists. Every puzzle master who has attempted to open it has died in the process. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Brink is not just any puzzle master. He may be the only person alive who can crack it. His determination is matched only by that of two sisters, descendants of an illustrious samurai clan, who will stop at nothing to claim the treasure. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrink's quest launches him on a breakneck adventure across Japan, from the Imperial Palace in Tokyo to the pristine forests of Hakone to an ancient cave in Kyushu. In the process, he discovers the power of Meiji's hidden treasure, and--more crucially--the true nature of his extraordinary talent.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101175156959,"sku":"9780593595343","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/84Wg1xX3pe9780593595343.webp?v=1781068406"},{"product_id":"the-puzzle-master-paperback","title":"The Puzzle Master - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReality and the supernatural collide when an expert puzzle maker is thrust into an ancient mystery--one with explosive consequences for the fate of humanity--in this suspenseful thriller from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAngelology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This novel has it all and more. In the nimble, talented hands of Trussoni the pages fly.\"--#1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author David Baldacci\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, PopSugar, Bookreporter, CrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAll the world is a puzzle, and Mike Brink--a celebrated and ingenious puzzle constructor--understands its patterns like no one else. Once a promising Midwestern football star, Brink was transformed by a traumatic brain injury that caused a rare medical condition: acquired savant syndrome. The injury left him with a mental superpower--he can solve puzzles in ways ordinary people can't. But it also left him deeply isolated, unable to fully connect with other people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything changes after Brink meets Jess Price, a woman serving thirty years in prison for murder who hasn't spoken a word since her arrest five years before. When Price draws a perplexing puzzle, her psychiatrist believes it will explain her crime and calls Brink to solve it. What begins as a desire to crack an alluring cipher quickly morphs into an obsession with Price herself. She soon reveals that there is something more urgent, and more dangerous, behind her silence, thrusting Brink into a hunt for the truth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe quest takes Brink through a series of interlocking enigmas, but the heart of the mystery is the God Puzzle, a cryptic ancient prayer circle created by the thirteenth-century Jewish mystic Abraham Abulafia. As Brink navigates a maze of clues, and his emotional entanglement with Price becomes more intense, he realizes that there are powerful forces at work that he cannot escape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from an upstate New York women's prison to nineteenth-century Prague to the secret rooms of the Pierpont Morgan Library, \u003ci\u003eThe Puzzle Master\u003c\/i\u003e is a tantalizing, addictive thriller in which humankind, technology, and the future of the universe itself are at stake.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101618770143,"sku":"9780593595312","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/feNSF-C5a9780593595312.webp?v=1781071837"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/danielle-trussoni.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}