{"product_id":"everybody-knows-a-novel-by-jordan-harper","title":"Everybody Knows: A Novel by Jordan Harper","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this “dazzling” (New York Times Book Review) mystery from an Edgar Award winning author, a fearless black-bag publicist exposes the belly of the L.A. beast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA New York Times Best Crime Book of the Year •  A NYTBR Editors' Choice Selection • An Anthony Award Nominee • A Barry Award Nominee • An ABA January 2023 Indie Next List Pick •\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommended by New York Times Book Review • NPR\/Fresh Air • Wall Street Journal • Washington Post • LA Times • CrimeReads • The Boston Globe • South Florida Sun Sentinel • Alta Online • Lit Hub• Kirkus Reviews• Publishers Weekly• NBC\/TODAY and many more!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to Mae Pruett’s Los Angeles, where “Nobody talks. But everybody whispers.” As a “black-bag” publicist tasked not with letting the good news out but keeping the bad news in, Mae works for one of LA’s most powerful and sought-after crisis PR firms, at the center of a sprawling web of lawyers, PR flaks, and private security firms she calls “The Beast.” They protect the rich and powerful and depraved by any means necessary.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter her boss is gunned down in front of the Beverly Hills Hotel in a random attack, Mae takes it upon herself to investigate and runs headfirst into The Beast’s lawless machinations and the twisted systems it exists to perpetuate. It takes her on a roving neon joyride through a Los Angeles full of influencers pumped full of pills and fillers; sprawling mansions footsteps away from sprawling homeless encampments; crooked cops and mysterious wrecking crews in the middle of the night.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdgar Award-winner Jordan Harper’s Everybody Knows is addicting and alarming, a “juggernaut of a novel” and “an absolute tour de force.” It is what the crime novel can achieve in the modern age: portray the human lives at the center of vast American landscapes, and make us thrill at their attempts to face impossible odds.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The book everybody's been waiting for\" —Michael Connelly\u003cbr\u003e\"An absolute tour de force\"—S. A. Cosby\u003cbr\u003e\"The best mystery novel I've read in years\" —James Patterson\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"What the Sleuth!?","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53383224361141,"sku":"9780316458023","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1002\/1506\/2709\/files\/9780316458023.jpg?v=1790362278","url":"https:\/\/whatthesleuth.com\/products\/everybody-knows-a-novel-by-jordan-harper","provider":"What the Sleuth!?","version":"1.0","type":"link"}