{"product_id":"st-james-park","title":"St. James Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A sweeping tale that offers lessons from the not-so-distant past.\" \u003cem\u003e-Kirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Doll masterfully reveals what lies just below the surface of every human soul.\" -Judge Paul Bernal, official historian of the City of San Jose\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Cinematic in its scope, St. James Park is a movie waiting to be made.\" -Joe Talbot, director of \u003cem\u003eThe Last Black Man in San Francisco\u003c\/em\u003e (2019)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a time when department stores ruled downtowns, a prominent store heir is kidnapped in 1933 under suspicious circumstances, and Hoover's Bureau of Investigation sends cynical agent Louis Cooper to investigate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCooper discovers that this crime is only a prelude to a dangerous play by the local power structure to expand control amid spiraling economic disruption, labor unrest, and anti-immigrant racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Cooper unravels long-standing but shifting alliances of business leaders, city officials, and mobsters, he learns who is behind the kidnapping and why-but not in time to prevent a raging mob bent on vengeance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Koehler Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515274342649,"sku":"9798888248072","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_2c8b7f0a-0dc2-4b36-a5c1-dceace760a22.jpg?v=1781207481","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/st-james-park","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}