{"product_id":"back-to-the-garden-laurie-r-king-paperback","title":"Back to the Garden -- Laurie R. King, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA fifty-year-old cold case involving California royalty comes back to life--with potentially fatal consequences--in this gripping standalone novel from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003ci\u003ePopSugar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA magnificent house, vast formal gardens, a golden family that shaped California, and a colorful past filled with now-famous artists: the Gardener Estate was a twentieth-century Eden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd now, just as the Estate is preparing to move into a new future, restoration work on some of its art digs up a grim relic of the home's past: a human skull, hidden away for decades. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspector Raquel Laing has her work cut out for her. Fifty years ago, the Estate's young heir, Rob Gardener, turned his palatial home into a counterculture commune of peace, love, and equality. But that was also a time when serial killers preyed on innocents--monsters like The Highwayman, whose case has just surged back into the public eye. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCould the skull belong to one of his victims? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo Raquel--a woman who knows all about colorful pasts--the bones clearly seem linked to The Highwayman. But as she dives into the Estate's archives to look for signs of his presence, what she unearths begins to take on a dark reality all of its own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEverything she finds keeps bringing her back to Rob Gardener himself. While he might be a gray-haired recluse now, back then he was a troubled young Vietnam vet whose girlfriend vanished after a midsummer festival at the Estate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut a lot of people seem to have disappeared from the Gardener Estate that summer when the commune mysteriously fell apart: a young woman, her child, and Rob's brother, Fort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe pressure is on, and Raquel needs to solve this case--before The Highwayman slips away, or another Gardener vanishes.\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Laurie R. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6\/6\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.28\" H x 5.34\" L x 0.76\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780593496589\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68342994403632,"sku":"9780593496589","price":23.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9780593496589.jpg?v=1794243678","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/back-to-the-garden-laurie-r-king-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}