{"product_id":"the-savage-noble-death-of-babs-dionnebooks","title":"The Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne","description":"\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eVulture, BookPage, Publishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReal Simple • \u003c\/i\u003eA \u003ci\u003eWSJ \u003c\/i\u003eBest Mystery Book of 2025 • A 2025 \u003ci\u003eNPR \u003c\/i\u003eBook We Love\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Terrific in-your-face crime story, featuring the unlikeliest drug family you've ever met. It's like the second coming of Elmore Leonard.\" —Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Darkly funny, shocking, and unblinking, \u003ci\u003eThe Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force with a palpable rendering of place and time and unforgettable characters.” —C.J. Box, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBattle Mountain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eYour ancestors breathe through you. Sometimes, they call for vengeance.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBabs Dionne, proud Franco-American, doting grandmother, and vicious crime matriarch, rules her small town of Waterville, Maine, with an iron fist. She controls the flow of drugs into Little Canada with the help of her loyal lieutenants, girlfriends since they were teenagers, and her eldest daughter, Lori, a Marine vet struggling with addiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a drug kingpin discovers that his numbers are down in the upper northeast, he sends a malevolent force, known only as The Man, to investigate. At the same time, Babs's youngest daughter, Sis, has gone missing, which doesn't seem at all like a coincidence. In twenty-four hours, Sis will be found dead, and the whole town will seek shelter from Babs’s wrath.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne\u003c\/i\u003e is a crime saga like no other, with a ferocious matriarch at its bruised, beating heart. With sharp wit and profound empathy, award-winning author Ron Currie, delivers an unforgettable novel exploring love, retribution, and the ancestral roots that both nurture and trap us.","brand":"Currie, Ron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Mysteries)","offer_id":52947700875488,"sku":null,"price":17.4,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_af6b68b0-8e97-441d-9c2b-cde500048e37.jpg?v=1780505429","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/the-savage-noble-death-of-babs-dionnebooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}