{"product_id":"beat-the-reaper-1","title":"Beat the Reaper","description":"\u003cb\u003eA wild and hilarious debut thriller featuring a doctor with a past, a secret—and a gun has 24 hours to save himself and beat the reaper.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dr. Peter Brown is an intern at Manhattan's worst hospital, with a talent for medicine, a shift from hell, and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. Whether it's a blocked circumflex artery or a plan to land a massive malpractice suit, he knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pietro \"Bearclaw\" Brnwna is a hitman for the mob, with a genius for violence, a well-earned fear of sharks, and an overly close relationship with the Federal Witness Relocation Program. More likely to leave a trail of dead gangsters than a molecule of evidence, he's the last person you want to see in your hospital room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is Dr. Brown's new patient, with three months to live and a very strange idea: that Peter Brown and Pietro Brnwa might-just might-be the same person ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now, with the mob, the government, and death itself descending on the hospital, Peter has to buy time and do whatever it takes to keep his patients, himself, and his last shot at redemption alive. To get through the next eight hours-and somehow beat the reaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Spattered in adrenaline-fueled action and bone-saw-sharp dialogue, \u003ci\u003eBeat the Reaper \u003c\/i\u003eis a debut thriller so utterly original you won't be able to guess what happens next, and so shockingly entertaining you won't be able to put it down.","brand":"Little, Brown Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41514509172914,"sku":"9780316032216","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0536\/7418\/0786\/files\/O_126fb3a0-1607-4898-9464-122485068035.jpg?v=1777532456","url":"https:\/\/shop.hachettebookgroup.com\/products\/beat-the-reaper-1","provider":"Hachette Book Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}