{"product_id":"the-familiar-darkbooks","title":"The Familiar Dark","description":"\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e's Best Books of 2020 (Mystery\/Thriller)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From its gripping beginning to its sobering finale, Amy Engel's \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar Dark\u003c\/i\u003e never fails to enthrall with surprising twists.\"–\u003ci\u003eAssociated Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA spellbinding story of a mother with nothing left to lose who sets out on an all-consuming quest for justice after her daughter is murdered on the town playground.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSometimes the answers are worse than the questions. Sometimes it's better not to know.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Set in the poorest part of the Missouri Ozarks, in a small town with big secrets, \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar Dark\u003c\/i\u003e opens with a murder. Eve Taggert, desperate with grief over losing her daughter, takes it upon herself to find out the truth about what happened. Eve is no stranger to the dark side of life, having been raised by a hard-edged mother whose lessons Eve tried not to pass on to her own daughter. But Eve may need her mother's cruel brand of strength if she's going to face the reality about her daughter's death and about her own true nature. Her quest for justice takes her from the seedy underbelly of town to the quiet woods and, most frighteningly, back to her mother's trailer for a final lesson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the bonds of family—women doing the best they can for their daughters in dire circumstances—as well as a story about how even the darkest and most terrifying of places can provide the comfort of home.","brand":"Engel, Amy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43778075295968,"sku":"","price":13.2,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/products\/BNCImageAPI_0ef23403-11b6-49a7-9faa-8183cb11857b.jpg?v=1672860308","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-familiar-darkbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}