{"product_id":"not-the-killing-kind-a-novel-2","title":"Not the Killing Kind: A Novel","description":"Winner, 2025 International Latino Book Award Gold Medal in Mystery\n\nWinner, Women Writing the West 2025 WILLA Literary Award in Mystery\/Thriller\n\nWinner, Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Crime Fiction Writers of Color\n\nFinalist, 2025 High Plains International Book Award in Fiction\n\nThis gripping, high-stakes debut thriller about the lengths mothers will go to protect their children is perfect for fans of Wanda M. Morris and Jess Lourey.\n\nBoots Marez is a Latina single mother raising a headstrong and sly eighteen-year-old boy she adopted six years ago. She also runs a school that helps the undocumented people in her politically divided town in Northern California. When her son Jaral is jailed for the murder of one of her former students, her world is turned upside down.\n\nStruggling to protect her son, Boots has to spotlight a community used to living in the shadows, putting her hard work over the years in doubt. Meanwhile, a vicious parents’ board wants to trash her ideals and oust her from the school she helped build. As she faces increasing danger to clear her son’s name, she must decide how far she is willing to go to bring her son home.\n\nBut nothing is as it seems—Jaral has been keeping secrets from her after all. And as she puts the missing pieces together, she will discover a deeper and darker web of lies that has been hiding in plain sight.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1639109676\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1639109676.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kelson, Maria\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41511808467002,"sku":"DBV.1639109676.G","price":6.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1639109676-0_62e78615-de73-42c9-86ac-b7a0d73255b4.jpg?v=1783491699","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/not-the-killing-kind-a-novel-2","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}