{"product_id":"9780857303240","title":"Sarah Jane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spare, sparkling tour de force about one woman's journey to becoming a cop, by master of noir James Sallis, author of \u003cem\u003eDrive\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA spare, sparkling tour de force about one woman's journey to becoming a cop.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah Jane Pullman is a good cop with a complicated past. From her small-town chicken-farming roots through her runaway adolescence, court-ordered Army stint, ill-advised marriage and years slinging scrambled eggs over greasy spoon griddles, Sarah Jane unfolds her life story, a parable about memory, atonement, and finding shape in chaos. Her life takes an unexpected turn when she finds herself named the de facto sheriff of a rural town, investigating the mysterious disappearance of her predecessor - and the even more mysterious realities of the life he was hiding from his own colleagues and closest friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the tradition of James Crumley's \u003cem\u003eThe Last Good Kiss\u003c\/em\u003e and Ivy Pochoda's \u003cem\u003eWonder Valley\u003c\/em\u003e, this kaleidoscopic character study sparkles in every dark and bright detail - a virtuoso work by a master of both the noir and the tender aspects of human nature.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"James Sallis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976475164821,"sku":"9780857303240","price":23.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780857303240","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}