{"product_id":"risky-undertaking-9781464203060","title":"Risky Undertaking","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mark de Castrique\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The author offers insights into the political, economic, and cultural ramifications of Indian casinos, along with a large cast of believable characters with a wide emotional range.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Cherokee burial remains are unearthed on the site expanding a local cemetery, the dual occupations of Barry Clayton, part-time deputy and full-time undertaker, collide. Then, during the interment of the wife of one of Gainesboro, North Carolina's most prominent citizens, Cherokee activist Jimmy Panther leads a protest. Words and fists fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Panther turns up executed on the grave of the deceased woman, Barry is forced to confront her family as the chief suspects. But the case lurches in a new direction with the arrival of Sheriff Tommy Lee Wadkin's Army pal, Boston cop Kevin Malone. He's on the trail of a Boston hit man who arrived at the Cherokee reservation only days before the murder. Malone is convinced his quarry is the triggerman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe accelerating investigation draws Barry onto the reservation where Panther's efforts to preserve Cherokee traditions threatened the development of a new casino, a casino bringing millions of dollars of construction plus huge yearly payouts to every member of the tribe. Leading an unlikely team--his childhood nemesis Archie Donovan and his elderly fellow undertaker Uncle Wayne--Barry goes undercover. But the stakes are higher than he realized in this risky undertaking. And the life of a Cherokee boy becomes the wager. Barry must play his cards very carefully...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45086105829527,"sku":"9781464203060","price":1015.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781464203060.webp?v=1767699855","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/risky-undertaking-9781464203060","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}