{"product_id":"best-bad-things-paperback","title":"Best Bad Things - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatrina Carrasco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Finalist for the Washington State Book Award and the Lambda Award in Bisexual Fiction**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Sexy, fun, serious and unputdownable.\" --Bethanne Patrick, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brazen, brawny, sexy . . . full of unforgettable characters and insatiable appetites. I was riveted. Painstakingly researched and pulsing with adrenaline, Carrasco's debut will leave you thirsty for more.\" --Lyndsay Faye, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gods of Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA vivid, sexy barn burner of a historical crime novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Bad Things \u003c\/i\u003eintroduces readers to the fiery Alma Rosales--detective, smuggler, spy \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is 1887, and Alma Rosales is on the hunt for stolen opium. Trained in espionage by the Pinkerton Detective Agency--but dismissed for bad behavior and a penchant for going undercover as a man--Alma now works for Delphine Beaumond, the seductive mastermind of a West Coast smuggling ring. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen product goes missing at their Washington Territory outpost, Alma is tasked with tracking the thief and recovering the drugs. In disguise as the scrappy dockworker Jack Camp, this should be easy--once she muscles her way into the local organization, wins the trust of the magnetic local boss and his boys, discovers the turncoat, and keeps them all from uncovering her secrets. All this, while sending coded dispatches to the circling Pinkerton agents to keep them from closing in. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlma's enjoying her dangerous game of shifting identities and double crosses as she fights for a promotion and an invitation back into Delphine's bed. But it's getting harder and harder to keep her cover stories straight and to know whom to trust. One wrong move and she could be unmasked: as a woman, as a traitor, or as a spy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA propulsive, sensual tour de force, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Bad Things\u003c\/i\u003e introduces Katrina Carrasco, a bold new voice in crime fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatrina Carrasco\u003c\/b\u003e holds an MFA in fiction from Portland State University, where she received the Tom and Phyllis Burnam Graduate Fiction Scholarship and the Tom Doulis Graduate Fiction Writing Award. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eWitness \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, \u003ci\u003ePost Road Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eQuaint Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and other journals. \u003ci\u003eThe Best Bad Things\u003c\/i\u003e is her first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739162185791,"sku":"9781250238146","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/3657fed75de2024c55bfba7da1e48b02.webp?v=1765155733","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/best-bad-things-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}