{"product_id":"the-taken-ones","title":"The Taken Ones","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo girls vanished. A woman buried alive. Between two crimes lie decades of secrets yet to be unearthed in a pulse-pounding novel by the Edgar Award-nominated author of \u003ci\u003eUnspeakable Things\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 1980: Despite the local superstition that the Bendy Man haunts the woods, three girls go into a Minnesota forest. Only one comes out, dead silent, her memory gone. The mystery of the Taken Ones captures the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSummer 2022: Cold case detective Van Reed and forensic scientist Harry Steinbeck are assigned a disturbing homicide--a woman buried alive, clutching a heart charm necklace belonging to one of the vanished girls. Van follows her gut. Harry trusts in facts. They're both desperate to catch a killer before he kills again. They have something else in common: each has ties to the original case in ways they're reluctant to share.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Van and Harry connect the crimes of the past and the present, Van struggles with memories of her own nightmarish childhood--and the fear that uncovering the truth of the Taken Ones will lead her down a path from which she, too, may never return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 1662507615\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9781662507618\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Lourey, Jess\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thomas \u0026 Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback (Sep 2023)","offer_id":46079780782277,"sku":"9781662507618","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781662507618.jpg?v=1776031766","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-taken-ones","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}