{"product_id":"9781509843848-system","title":"The System","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn electrifying, multi-voiced thriller tackling systemic failure in the American criminal justice system, from the writer Michael Connelly has called 'one of our most gifted novelists.'\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThriller of the Month in \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook of the Week in the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe System can save you, or it can break you .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the sixth of December 1993, a drug dealer named Scrappy is shot and left for dead on her mother’s lawn in South Central Los Angeles. A heroin addict witnesses the shooting and seizes the moment to steal Scrappy’s drugs, as well as the handgun that was dropped at the scene. When he’s busted, he names two local gang members as the shooters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There’s only one problem: one of them is guilty; the other, innocent. None of that matters, though, when the gun turns up again – miles from where the shooting happened – and both are arrested. Innocent or not, the gang tells them both to keep their mouths shut and take their charges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith these two off the streets, Little, the unlikeliest of new gang members, is given a very serious job: discover how the gun got moved, who moved it, and why. Because it had to be a frame-up and the cops had to be involved. Hadn't they?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlayed out in the streets, precincts, jails, and courtrooms of Los Angeles, \u003ci\u003eThe System\u003c\/i\u003e by Ryan Gattis is a breakneck journey through every phase of the American criminal justice system. It is the story of a crime – from the moments before shots are fired, to the verdict and its violent aftershocks – told through the vivid chorus of those involved: the guilty, the innocent, the victim, the families who love them, and those simply doing their jobs. After all, justice is a matter of perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41696394674273,"sku":"9781509843848","price":16.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_24527874.jpg?v=1718038990","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781509843848-system","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}