{"product_id":"playing-god-a-joe-burgess-mystery-book-1-9781614175803","title":"Playing God (a Joe Burgess Mystery, Book 1)","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Joe Burgess is the most realistically drawn and memorable police detective I've encountered in years. This is as much a moral fable as it is a whodunit.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e Edward Morris, Verified Reviewer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn an icy February night, the body of Steven Pleasant, a prominent Portland, Maine physician, grows cold in his parked Mercedes. All signs point to a john killed by a disgruntled hooker: his pants are unzipped, wallet is gone, and the good doctor has a reputation for entertaining girls in his car. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut the deeper Detective Sergeant Joe Burgess digs, the muddier the case becomes. While juggling hookers, wives, ex-wives, fathers, stepfathers, dealers and doctors, a nurse on Pleasant's staff suggests another angle-disgruntled patients. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, ensconced in the darkness of a sleeping hospital, Burgess comes face-to-face with ghosts from his past and must decide what being a detective really means. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"If Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch lived in Maine, he'd be Joe Burgess.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e Verified Reviewer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"It was the emotion that gripped me as a reader and as a person. Kate Flora has accomplished what very few authors are able to do, she made me believe.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Michael S., Verified Reviewer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE JOE BURGESS MYSTERIES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlaying God\u003cbr\u003eThe Angel of Knowlton Park\u003cbr\u003eRedemption\u003cbr\u003eAnd Grant You Peace\u003cbr\u003eLed Astray\u003cbr\u003eA Child Shall Lead Them\u003cbr\u003eA World of Deceit\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3043464\"\u003eKate Flora\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epublishing Works!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/27\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.99lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614175803\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1614175802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC022020\"\u003eMystery \u0026amp; Detective | Police Procedural\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Epublishing Works!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42673971986669,"sku":"9781614175803","price":29.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_b47b60e0-9e03-46e0-a102-4bbd4700ba29.jpg?v=1649561236","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/playing-god-a-joe-burgess-mystery-book-1-9781614175803","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}