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It's not exactly a rarity -- except at this price. Pretend I made a pun about accessorizing your Outfit collection, and pick this one up today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exhibit B. Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40611173073047,"sku":"","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/1470\/4023\/products\/IMG_5212.jpg?v=1627428375"},{"product_id":"the-lost-son-a-life-in-pursuit-of-justice","title":"The Lost Son: A Life In Pursuit of Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Bernard B. Kerik. \"New York City's 40th Police Commissioner\" paid off his debt to Trump for pardoning him by spreading the big lie about the \"stolen\" election of 2020. That said, this 2001 crimoir offers some interesting \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2001\/11\/09\/nyregion\/sad-search-kerik-find-his-mother-family-secret-revealed-autobiography.html?scp=2\u0026amp;sq=kerik\u0026amp;st=nyt\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eopposite-coast parallels to James Ellroy's background\u003c\/a\u003e, if you can stomach the Giuliani-worship of it all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe hardcover, which has a ton of pictures, is in nice shape: very mild edgewear to the jacket (there's a sticker on the back) and a very slight twist to the spine, but the pages are clean and tight, and there's a bookmark included from a previous stop.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exhibit B. 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Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40637841670295,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/1470\/4023\/products\/PhotoJul31_12058PM.jpg?v=1627753772"},{"product_id":"copy-of-true-crime-bay-ridge","title":"More True Crime Bay Ridge","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Henry Stewart. Local journo Henry Stewart covers \u003cem\u003eanother\u003c\/em\u003e wide range of 11209 \"thievery, kidnapping and murder.\" Stewart is also the proprietor of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/henstew02.wixsite.com\/bayridgemuseum\/blog-1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Bay Ridge Museum\u003c\/a\u003e, so he knows the waterfront. Uh, as it were. (Am I the only one amused that the second book is bigger than the first -- like, taller and wider? \"Bigger than ever!\" Just me? Fair enough.)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese bright new copies are signed by the author!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exhibit B. 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Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40660712816791,"sku":"","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/1470\/4023\/products\/PhotoAug03_75924PM.jpg?v=1628035430"},{"product_id":"redwood-based-on-a-true-story","title":"Redwood: Based On A True Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy A. Rod Womack. \"Celebrities, a serial killer, a con-man, and great cuisine served with a glass of Grenache and a touch of sex\" -- so wait, is this a novel, or...? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e...Okay, it seems that this is a crimoir; \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.baltimoresun.com\/food-drink\/bs-fo-womack-redwood-grill-book-20141112-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Baltimore Sun story on the Redwood Grill\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eWomack used to own the titular Redwood Grill\u003c\/a\u003e. Someone should probably arrest his copy-editor, but this paperback is in very nice shape, uncracked spine, square, crisp bright pages.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exhibit B. Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40669249405079,"sku":"","price":3.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/1470\/4023\/products\/IMG_6275.jpg?v=1657939645"},{"product_id":"love-and-death-in-the-sunshine-state-the-story-of-a-crime","title":"Love and Death in the Sunshine State: The Story of a Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Cutter Wood. \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen a stolen car is recovered on the Gulf Coast of Florida, it sets off a search for a missing woman, local motel owner Sabine Musil-Buehler. Three men are named persons of interest -- her husband, her boyfriend, and the man who stole the car. Then the motel is set on fire; her boyfriend flees the county; and detectives begin digging on the beach of Anna Maria Island. Author Cutter Wood was a guest at Musil-Buehler's motel as the search for her gained momentum, and he was drawn steadily deeper into the case.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA hardcover in very nice shape, appears untouched but for a remainder mark on the bottom page edges. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Exhibit B. Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40697642909847,"sku":"","price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0515\/1470\/4023\/products\/IMG_5676.jpg?v=1628548444"},{"product_id":"the-secret-life-of-bikers","title":"The Secret Life of Bikers","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Jerry Langton. From the publisher: \"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHells Angels. Bandidos. 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