{"product_id":"9781662519949","title":"Lake County : A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eSet in the 1950s, this thriller by Edgar Award-winning author Lori Roy reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, tying her fate to a dreamy teenager whose boyfriend runs afoul of the mob.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDesperate to break free of small-town Florida, Addie Anne Buckley dreams of following in the path of her glamorous aunt Jean—known to the world as Marilyn Monroe. When Aunt Jean plans a trip to Hollywood for Addie's eighteenth birthday, Addie sees her chance to escape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne thing stands in her way: her boyfriend. Truitt Holt is Addie's first and only love and will be joining her in California. But days before Addie's due to leave, Truitt does an about-face and gives her a painful ultimatum: stay and marry him, or they're through. Addie chooses her dream.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHurt and angry, Truitt unwittingly exposes the illegal bolita game he's been running in mob territory. Now the Tampa Mafia is after him, and he has until midnight to cut a deal that will save his life and Addie's. What he doesn't know...his trouble with the mob has already found Addie and her family. She's already in a fight for her life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas \u0026 Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49865972285688,"sku":"00000_00000_00000_00000","price":33.27,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/8208\/6904\/files\/9781662519949-1.jpg?v=1783732248","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.au\/products\/9781662519949","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}