{"product_id":"king-of-ashes-9781250395023b","title":"King of Ashes","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e Bestseller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e2025 Goodreads Choice Award Finalist for Best Mystery \u0026amp; Thriller\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eRoman Carruthers, a successful financial adviser living in Atlanta, gets an urgent call: his father has been in a serious car accident and is in a coma. He returns home to Jefferson Run, Virginia, to find his younger brother Dante in dire financial danger (deep in debt to ruthless criminals) and his sister Neveah overburdened, trying to keep the family together and running the family business — the Carruthers Crematorium. \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eEven more troubling, it becomes clear the car accident was not an accident. Dante’s recklessness has dragged the family into dangerous territory, where loyalty, money, and survival are all at stake. Roman must choose: can he use his financial savvy and connections to save his brother — and by extension his family — or will he be forced to cross moral lines he never imagined crossing? Meanwhile, Neveah is grappling with the mystery of their mother’s disappearance years ago — a shadow over the family that might have secrets more threatening than the criminals at their door.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/span\u003e calls it “another strong outing by a modern noir master.” They describe the novel as a Southern crime thriller — intense, morally ambiguous, with a setting and characters that bring weight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820292608080,"sku":"9781250395023B","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781250395023-l.jpg?v=1785879187","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/king-of-ashes-9781250395023b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}