{"product_id":"midnight-at-the-bright-ideas-bookstore","title":"Midnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore","description":"\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a bookshop patron dies by suicide, his favorite store clerk must unravel the puzzle he left behind in this \"shocking, charming, thrilling\" (Associated Press) and award-winning debut novel.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLydia Smith lives her life hiding in plain sight. A clerk at the Bright Ideas bookstore, she leads a meticulously ordered existence among her beloved books, eccentric colleagues, and the BookFrogs--the lost and lonely regulars who spend every day browsing the overwhelmed stacks. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut when a young BookFrog, Joey Molina, hangs himself in one of the upper rooms of the store, Lydia's life comes unglued. Inside one of Joey's pockets is a photograph of Lydia as a little girl. And when she flips through some of his books, she finds them defaced in ways both disturbing and inexplicable. They reveal the psyche of a young man on the verge of an emotional reckoning. The more she puzzles over them, the more they seem to contain a hidden message for her about his final days. What did Joey know? And what does it have to do with Lydia? \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith \"oddball characters and [a] layered plot\" (Marilyn Stasio, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMidnight at the Bright Ideas Bookstore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is \"a smart, twisty crime novel set in a world that booklovers will adore\" (Jess Walter, #1 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ebestselling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBeautiful Ruins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Landmark Booksellers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45455822520560,"sku":"9781501116858","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0586\/1385\/8477\/files\/Screenshot2024-03-24at2.34.25PM.png?v=1711308893","url":"https:\/\/landmark-booksellers.myshopify.com\/products\/midnight-at-the-bright-ideas-bookstore","provider":"Landmark Booksellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}