{"product_id":"board-to-death-paperback","title":"Board to Death - Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first in an ulta-charming new \"quozy\" mystery series starring Ben Rosencrantz, a queer 30-something English professor (and closet scifi fan) who's returned to his hometown of Salt Lake City to run his family's board game shop in the trendy Sugar House neighborhood - a community hotspot for players of all ages...and for killer collectors!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBack in his hometown of Sugar House running his family's board game shop and caf, Ben Rosencrantz just can't seem to get his life to pass go, much less collect $200. Once he was a happily married English professor in Seattle. Now he's a divorced caregiver, looking after his ill father and a Chihuahua named Beans while still figuring out the rules of retail management. At least the town has become more LGBTQ+ friendly than when Ben was a teenager--and that flower shop owner, Ezra McCaslin, enjoys flirting with him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut despite his usual clientele of gamers, Ben is barely earning enough to keep the store running and stay on top of his father's medical bills. Then a local toy and game collector named Clive offers him a winning strategy--to purchase a turn-of-the-twentieth-century edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Landlord's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, the realty and taxation game that inspired \u003ci\u003eMonopoly\u003c\/i\u003e, at a tenth of the rare edition's true value. Suspicious of Clive's shady, low-priced deal, Ben turns the offer down. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen Clive turns up dead at the front door of Ben's and a backpack full of $100 bills appears on his doorstep. Now Ben is the #1 suspect in Clive's death, and unless he and Ezra can prove his innocence and find the real killer, he'll go to jail for murder--and no amount of double dice rolls will set him free . . .","brand":"Kensington Cozies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48694659547353,"sku":"9781496742223","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9781496742223.jpg?v=1778557366","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/board-to-death-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}