{"product_id":"9781648211348-law-of-lines","title":"The Law of Lines","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Novel\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Prize-Winning Author of  The Hole , a Slow-Burning Thriller about Unseen Forces That Shape Us and Debts We Accumulate, in Life, in Death\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the award-winning author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a \"Simmering\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \"Compelling\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e) thriller—\"A mystery masterpiece . Hye-young Pyun at her best\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks \u0026amp; Bao\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e), named a \"Best International Crime Novel of 2020\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCrimeReads) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eand selected as one of \"Our 65 Favorite Books of the Year\" (\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLitHub\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Law of Lines \u003c\/i\u003efollows the parallel stories of two young women whose lives are upended by sudden loss. When Se-oh, a recluse still living with her father, returns from an errand to find their house in flames, wrecked by a gas explosion, she is forced back into the world she had tried to escape. The detective investigating the incident tells her that her father caused the explosion to kill himself because of overwhelming debt she knew nothing about, but Se-oh suspects foul play by an aggressive debt collector and sets out on her own investigation, seeking vengeance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKi-jeong, a beleaguered high school teacher, receives a phone call from the police saying that the body of her younger half-sister has just been found. Her sister was a college student she had grown distant from. Though her death, by drowning, is considered a suicide by the police, that doesn't satisfy Ki-jeong, and she goes to her sister's university to find out what happened. Her sister's cell phone reveals a thicket of lies and links to a company that lures students into a virtual pyramid scheme, preying on them and their relationships. One of the contacts in the call log is Se-oh.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike Hye-young Pyun's Shirley Jackson Award–winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe Hole\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Law of Lines\u003c\/i\u003e is an immersive thriller that explores the edges of criminality in ordinary lives, the unseen forces that shape us, and grief and debt.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56276615561590,"sku":"9781648211348","price":11.14,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36101728_fa08ed9f-0bdd-49b5-9647-1bbf6fd2db0e.jpg?v=1758145128","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781648211348-law-of-lines","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}