{"product_id":"the-cheating-side-j-reuben-appelman-paperback","title":"The Cheating Side -- J. Reuben Appelman, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Appelman writes with soul and swagger. \u003ci\u003eThe Cheating Side\u003c\/i\u003e ignites from the very first page and burns everything in its path. A truly breathtaking read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e―Alex Gansa, creator of Showtime's Homeland series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Idaho private investigator Jimmy Chinden's murder investigation threatens a land deal worth millions, the politically protected Aryan mob comes gunning for his family―but the old money outlaws might be outgunned.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the cheating side of Boise in Garden City, where Idahoans hide their dirtiest secrets, empty-nesting private investigator Jimmy Chinden is tracking a stolen 1961 Impala when he follows a column of smoke into the sagebrush to discover the vehicle―on fire, and with a body in the trunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe victim is a reviled swindler, who Jimmy suspects murdered his mother after bilking her out of the no-tell motel she owned. The body's discovery awakens generational demons and sets off a chain of dark events as Jimmy's theft case turns into a murder investigation, threatening to upend a land deal worth millions and putting Jimmy's family at risk as North Idaho white supremacists and their drug cartel associates come gunning for him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a cast of characters evoking Elmore Leonard's society of goons, and a connection to the landscape that is vivid, visceral, and reminiscent of James Lee Burke's Dave Robicheaux novels, Appelman's \u003ci\u003eThe Cheating Side\u003c\/i\u003e provides a genre-pushing, socially relevant reinvigoration of the American crime novel protagonist, with a challenge to pervasive masculinity tropes and a biting, no-holds-barred attack on the bigotries of the American West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e J. Reuben Appelman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Blank Slate Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/5\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.4\" H x 5.5\" L x 0.9\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781943075980\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376157974827,"sku":"9781943075980","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781943075980.jpg?v=1780362063","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-cheating-side-j-reuben-appelman-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}