{"product_id":"1524797057-keep_you_close","title":"Keep You Close","description":"\n\n\u003cb\u003eA woman must confront her sense of right and wrong when the one person she loves most is accused of an unimaginable crime. From the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eNeed to Know\u003c\/i\u003e. . . . \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA strange sensation runs through me, a feeling that I don’t know this person in front of me, even though he matters more to me than anyone ever has.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Stephanie Maddox works her dream job policing power and exposing corruption within the FBI. Getting here has taken her nearly two decades of hard work, laser focus, and personal sacrifices—the most important, she fears, being a close relationship with her teenage son, Zachary. A single parent, Steph’s missed a lot of school events, birthdays, and vacations with her boy—but the truth is, she would move heaven and earth for him, including protecting him from an explosive secret in her past. It just never occurred to her that Zachary would keep secrets of his own.\u003cbr\u003e One day while straightening her son’s room, Steph is shaken to discover a gun hidden in his closet. \u003ci\u003eA loaded gun.\u003c\/i\u003e Then comes a knock at her front door—a colleague on the domestic terrorism squad, who utters three devastating words: “\u003ci\u003eIt’s about Zachary.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins a compulsively readable thriller of deception and betrayal, as Stephanie fights to clear her son’s name, only to expose a shadowy conspiracy that threatens to destroy them both—and bring a country to its knees. Packed with shocking twists and intense family drama, \u003ci\u003eKeep You Close\u003c\/i\u003e is an electrifying exploration of the shattering consequences of the love that binds—and sometimes blinds—a mother and her child.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThrillers \u0026amp; Suspense\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpies \u0026amp; Politics\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eTerrorism\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Ballantine Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":46671236137150,"sku":"1524797057-4","price":16.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/71NqXvS7VDL.jpg?v=1776882646","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1524797057-keep_you_close","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}