{"product_id":"a-novel-crime-9781662532061","title":"A Novel Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShe wanted to write the perfect novel. Instead, she became the perfect villain.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStruggling romance writer and recent divorcée Marcy Jo Codburn feels like a failure. She's green with author envy and longing for a book deal, a launch party with cupcakes, and the admiration of her daughter. But her dream of literary success is fading faster than her beige hair dye. When she witnesses celebrated author Francesca Barber in a compromising position, Marcy sees her chance. Transforming into Summer Branigan, her bolder, blonder pen name, she leverages Francesca's secret to secure the ultimate coauthor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs their collaboration spirals from Marcy's modest Connecticut home to Francesca's lavish Hamptons estate, both women discover that in the cutthroat world of publishing, every story has its price. With looming deadlines, a kidnapping plot gone awry, and more than one fraud to hide, their twisted partnership careens toward a surprise ending neither could have written.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this darkly comic page-turner, critically acclaimed author Deborah Levison skewers the publishing industry with razor-sharp wit. \u003ci\u003eA Novel Crime\u003c\/i\u003e asks just how far an aspiring writer will go to see her name on a book jacket--and what happens when the stories we tell start to write themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Deborah Levison\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas \u0026amp; Mercer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 335\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.44h x 5.44w x 1.03d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662532061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLevison, Deborah:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDeborah Levison is the award-winning author of the novel \u003ci\u003eA Nest of Snakes\u003c\/i\u003e and the true crime book \u003ci\u003eThe Crate\u003c\/i\u003e. Her life has two parts: the first in Canada, where she attended the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto, and the second in Connecticut with three children, two doodles, and one husband. Her love of storytelling began one summer night by a camp bonfire, listening to the ghost story \"The Monkey's Paw.\" The memory still makes her shiver. Visit her at www.debbielevison.com. She loves connecting with readers!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Deborah Levison \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47808970391709,"sku":"9781662532061","price":29.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_05a05b63-3fba-4788-b5a2-78d3c5388098.jpg?v=1775555547","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/a-novel-crime-9781662532061","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}