{"product_id":"tall-oaks-paperback","title":"Tall Oaks - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's rare that a novel can be both brilliantly comic and tragic, and balance the two so effortlessly. -- \u003ci\u003eSun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNothing is as it seems in Tall Oaks, a small California town where everyone knows each other and violent crime is unheard of. The community's idyllic façade is shattered when a kidnapper in a clown costume snatches three-year-old Harry Monroe from his own home. Despite sensational media coverage and dogged police investigations, the abduction remains a mystery. Three months later, Harry is still missing and most people have moved on, except for Jessica, Harry's distraught mother, and Jim, the local sheriff. Anyone in Tall Oaks could be a suspect: Jerry, the loner with a secret that only his mother knows; Jared, the roving lothario; teenage Manny, an aspiring gangster; and even Jessica's Aunt Henrietta and Uncle Roger, who are clearly hiding something.\u003cbr\u003eChris Whitaker's debut novel, with its striking blend of tragedy and offbeat humor, was awarded the U.K. Crime Writers' Association New Blood Dagger Award. \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e praised this beguiling novel as a pleasingly unusual mixture of a psychological thriller and screwball comedy, noting that the combination of verve, humor, and pathos make it well worth a read. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA gripping debut. -- \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA brilliant, beautiful, sad, funny book ... It made me laugh, but also made me cry more than any other book I've read this year. -- Emma Flint, author of \u003ci\u003eLittle Deaths\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCompletely blew me away. -- Lisa Hall, author of \u003ci\u003eBetween You and Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Party\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChris Whitaker builds an entire town in the reader's head and masterfully inhabits it comic, poignant, gripping life. \u003ci\u003eTall Oaks\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a part of you. -- David Whitehouse, author of \u003ci\u003eMobile Library\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon-based author Chris Whitaker won the U.K. Crime Writers' Association's New Blood Dagger Award for his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eTall Oaks, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was also shortlisted for the CrimeFest Last Laugh Award and described by \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an absolute delight.\" His second novel, \u003ci\u003eAll the Wicked Girls, \u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2017.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 20, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52018402918701,"sku":"9780486828459","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/tall-oaks-paperback-4189410.webp?v=1777441087","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/tall-oaks-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}