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    "description": "The hunt for a killer in San Francisco becomes a dizzying game of cat and mouse in a thrilling novel of psychological suspense.\n\n\u201cLombard is your Moriarty, Frost. Taking him down will be the most dangerous thing you\u2019ve ever done.\u201d\n\nSan Francisco homicide detective Frost Easton hadn\u2019t seen his estranged friend Denny in years. Not until he dies in Frost\u2019s arms uttering a final inexplicable word: Lombard. Denny appears to be the latest victim in a string of murders linked by a distinctive clue: the painting of a spiraled snake near the crime scenes. Is it the work of a serial killer? Or is Denny\u2019s death more twisted and personal?\n\nTo find the answer, Frost reaches into a nest of vipers\u2014San Francisco\u2019s shady elite\u2014where the whispered name of Lombard is just one secret. Now, drawn into a cat-and-mouse game with an enemy who knows his every move, Frost finds there is no one he can trust. And somewhere down the crooked streets of the city, Frost\u2019s cunning adversary is coiled and ready to strike again.",
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