{"product_id":"dead-things","title":"Dead Things","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA forensic assistant is pulled into the wilderness by a beguiling fugitive accused of murder in this taut, emotionally-charged erotic thriller, as the author of the Booktok-viral survivor romance \u003ci\u003eStill Beating \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how love can take root in even the darkest places. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e**DELUXE EDITION featuring stenciled edges, foil cover effects, and interior art.**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead bodies always tell the truth. You just have to listen.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs a forensic assistant, I live among the dead--cataloging wounds, dissecting silence, searching for the truths people try to hide. It's the only place I've ever trusted what's real. Until Miller Banks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe once worked side by side. He was the brilliant forensic pathologist I idolized. The man I watched with adoring eyes, certain there was nothing he couldn't solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen the murders started. Seven bodies on my table. And every trail led back to him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMiller vanished two years ago, presumed dead. But he isn't in the grave. He's in the woods. And now, so am I.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe swears he won't hurt me. That he didn't kill those people. That he needs me to see the truth no one else would. I call him a monster.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYet the longer I'm bound to him, the more the lines blur--between guilt and innocence, truth and obsession, predator and protector. Because sometimes the one who holds you captive . . . is the only one who can set you free.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kensington Publishing Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67618883043696,"sku":"9781496764423","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0954\/1304\/3568\/files\/imageloader_7c4da9e9-188c-44b5-97d4-a30353edd949.png?v=1791015846","url":"https:\/\/aveson.store\/products\/dead-things","provider":"Aveson","version":"1.0","type":"link"}