{"product_id":"doubletake","title":"Doubletake","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe latest book in the Cal Leandros series that began with \u003ci\u003eNightlife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoubletake\u003c\/i\u003e is clever, ironic and hugely entertaining urban fantasy in the vein of Jim Butcher and Charlaine Harris by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, Rob Thurman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Family was a hateful bitch, it was. I had the hot poker scars of that burned into my flesh, but, scars or not, sometimes family was all you had worth playing with. Maybe he would see that. Maybe he would want to play too. I played rough . . . I played to win.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf anyone knows that having family isn't always a good thing, it's half-human\/ half-living nightmare Cal Leandros. But for once, it's not his relatives causing the trouble. That headache belongs to his half-brother, Niko. His ne'er-do-well father is in town. He needs a favour, and if Niko refuses, it just might doom the entire city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet an even more dangerous reunion is in the works. The entire lying, stealing, hormonally charged Puck race (including the brothers' lethally charismatic friend Robin Goodfellow) is in town for their millennial meeting - and to hold a lottery that no Puck wants to win.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Cal tries to keep both Niko and Robin from paying the ultimate price for their kin, a horrific reminder from Cal's own past arrives to remind him that blood is thicker than water . . . and that's why it's so much more frightening to spill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA compelling contemporary fantasy with a witty and dark edge, Rob Thurman's \u003ci\u003eDoubletake\u003c\/i\u003e should not be missed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Rob Thurman:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'All the great elements I've come to expect from this writer' Charlaine Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Thurman delivers in spades' \u003ci\u003eSFRevu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A roaring rollercoaster of a read . . . it'll take your breath away' Simon R. Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob Thurman lives in Indiana, land of rolling hills and cows. Lots and lots of cows. \u003ci\u003eNightlife\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMoonshine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMadhouse\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDeathwish\u003c\/i\u003e, the previous novels in the Cal Leandros series, are also published by Penguin. Visit Rob at www.robthurman.net.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54221653672280,"sku":"9780718198527","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780718198527.jpg?v=1764666026","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/doubletake","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}