{"product_id":"the-saint-patrick-s-day-hero","title":"The Saint Patrick’s Day Hero","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Saint Patrick’s Day, 2010, fifty-seven people at Lothrup College in north-central Minnesota are killed in a campus shooting, many of them because they did not receive the college’s active-shooter alert in time. When Professor William Kessler, the shooting’s reluctant hero, discovers that Lothrup botched the alert and is now engaged in a cover-up, his first impulse is to come forward. But if he does, there will be grievous consequences, and his terrible secret—the truth about what really happened on the day of the shooting—will be revealed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoth terrifying and paradoxically funny, \u003cem\u003eThe Saint Patrick’s Day Hero\u003c\/em\u003e is a captivating mash-up of genres: a beautiful love story, a gripping mystery and a novel of ideas all rolled into one.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoug Mayfield\u003c\/strong\u003e lives in northern Minnesota. \u003cem\u003eThe Saint Patrick’s Day Hero \u003c\/em\u003eis his second novel. His award-winning first novel, \u003cem\u003eAngle of Declination\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2012.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Saint Patrick’s Day Hero\u003c\/em\u003e is the remarkable portrait of a man tormented by his secrets, a story so engrossing and well written that I never wanted it to end.”     --Beryl Bissell, best-selling author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Scent of God\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA View of the Lake\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Saint Patrick’s Day Hero\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartbreaking and powerfully relevant story.”  --\u003cem\u003ePacific Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e                                                                                       \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Saint Patrick’s Day Hero\u003c\/em\u003e will leave you thinking long after the story concludes. It is highly recommended for readers who enjoy novels having genuine intellectual heft.”    --\u003cem\u003eMidwest Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e                                                                                             \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Itasca Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54526336893203,"sku":"9781733316903","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/3521\/2563\/files\/img_proxy_cf158342-4882-48f3-859f-c6aa893fbe27.jpg?v=1785851202","url":"https:\/\/danuc.net\/products\/the-saint-patrick-s-day-hero","provider":"Danu's Wardrobe","version":"1.0","type":"link"}