{"product_id":"9780771027086","title":"The Laughing Falcon","description":"William Deverell’s 11th novel is an adventure thriller layered with startling twists. All that Maggie Schneider, a romance writer from wintry Saskatoon, wants is a glorious holiday in the tropics and maybe a little real romance to reawaken her creative juices. What she gets instead, soon after she arrives in Costa Rica, is a nasty surprise. First she is robbed of most of her money. Then she is kidnapped and held for ransom somewhere in the steamy jungle by self-styled revolutionaries led by a charismatic man with a mysterious background. Kidnapped along with Maggie is the vivacious wife of a U.S. senator who has presidential ambitions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the two women learn to deal with their captors, Jacques Cardinal, a jaded eco-tour guide who is desperately seeking to free himself from the demons of his past, undertakes a daring undercover rescue mission.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComical and fast-paced – and drawn from true events – \u003ci\u003eThe Laughing Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e transports readers to the lush rainforest of Costa Rica, where the author himself has lived for much of the last 20 years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"William Deverell (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":44872523874464,"sku":"9780771027086","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b62abe82-6519-44cc-bd5a-81c64c4b43d2.jpg?v=1685996515","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780771027086","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}