{"product_id":"trouble-is-what-i-do-point-blank-by-rob-kantner-paperback","title":"Trouble is What I Do (Point Blank), by Rob Kantner (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Ben Perkins is back! It feels so good to say that. Twenty-three years ago, when Rob Kantner introduced his Detroit PI in the short story \"C Is for Cookie \" he probably had no idea he was heralding in a new era of mystery fiction. Before Rob, the private eye genre was glutted with down-in-their-luck losers who wore trench coats and talked like Bogart. Stereotypes ruled the paperback racks, and a revamp was sorely needed. Rob's genius was to give his hero something more than clichéd one-liners and a drinking problem. Namely, a life.\" J. A. Konrath, from his introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection includes 18 stories featuring Ben Perkins, from the earliest part of his career to the latest chapter. The final story, \"Sex and Violins\" has never before been published.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184623255761,"sku":"9780809511563","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9780809511563_FC.jpg?v=1784078736","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/trouble-is-what-i-do-point-blank-by-rob-kantner-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}