{"title":"J. T. Berry","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"blackmail-for-beginners-a-damico-and-stone-mystery-paperback","title":"Blackmail for Beginners: A D'Amico and Stone Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The creepy guy across the street from my store was there again this morning, propping up the wall like it would fall down without him, and chain-smoking his way through a pack of Chesterfields. He was dressed the same as before, in a dark double-breasted suit, a black fedora, and Bogart's trench coat. If he wasn't a private investigator, he was certainly trying to look like one. That was one of the most annoying things about living in LA: everybody dressed like they were auditioning for the movie of their own life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles, 1946. Private detective John Dalton is missing. Rare book dealer and part-time pornographer Damien Hooke is dead. And now mobsters are coming after Dot Stone, a bookseller with a razor-sharp mind and a money problem, and she has no idea why. What starts out as a simple mystery quickly spirals into murder, kidnappings - and blackmail. With the help of street-smart cab driver Joy D'Amico and oil heiress Virginia Townsend, Dot needs to figure out why she is dangerously linked to Dalton and Hooke, and how to get the mobsters off her back before she joins the list of casualties.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103122690271,"sku":"9798991072779","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/odoMhTGENK9798991072779.webp?v=1781090332"},{"product_id":"forgery-and-family-a-damico-and-stone-mystery-paperback","title":"Forgery and Family: A D'Amico and Stone Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I opened the office door to our potential client just as she was about to take one of the half dozen stiff-backed chairs that made up our waiting room. She looked at me timidly. Somehow, she seemed to shrink into herself, occupying less space than even her small body should. Everything about her screamed \"trouble\" to me. This gut feeling wasn't private investigator's instincts, I was too new at the game to claim that. It was taxi driver's instincts: she was the kind of woman who would ask to be taken to the railway station, then break down crying after three blocks, telling me to turn the cab around and take her back where I picked her up. And then the tip would be lousy.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLos Angeles, 1946. A woman walks into rookie private investigator Joy D'Amico's office and asks for help finding her father. A simple enough case, except he's also Joy's father. What should be a straightforward missing persons case rapidly descends into murder, forgery, and threats from dangerous mobsters where nobody is who they seem. Aided by her brilliant partner Dot Stone and thrill-seeking socialite Virginia Townsend, Joy must untangle the lies before she joins the lengthening list of victims.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50103123280095,"sku":"9798991072786","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/8TaXceFzhj9798991072786.webp?v=1781090333"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/j-t-berry.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}