{"product_id":"double-jeopardy-a-classic-noir-novel-of-crime-punishment-and-legal-suspense-paperback","title":"Double Jeopardy: A Classic Noir Novel of Crime, Punishment, and Legal Suspense - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartin M. Goldsmith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Jeopardy\u003c\/em\u003e is Martin M. Goldsmith's first novel, a sharp early noir story built around one brutal question: can a man be punished twice for the same crime?\u003c\/strong\u003e Before Goldsmith wrote \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDetour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the bleakest and most influential works of American noir, he wrote this compact novel of ordinary life crushed beneath impersonal judgment, suspicion, and the machinery of consequence. Contemporary jacket copy for the original Macaulay edition framed the book around the same central premise: whether \"enlightened justice\" can still visit ruin on a man more than once for the same offence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1938, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Jeopardy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e belongs naturally in the Black Curtain line because it is not a puzzle mystery or a polite courtroom entertainment. It is a story of pressure: legal, social, psychological, and moral. Goldsmith's subject is not only crime, but the way a damaged system can turn guilt, punishment, fear, and reputation into a trap from which ordinary people cannot easily escape. For readers of classic noir fiction, Depression-era crime novels, legal suspense, early American hardboiled fiction, and the author of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDetour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDouble Jeopardy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a valuable rediscovery from a writer whose short list of novels left a long noir shadow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 132\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.31 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46141991551162,"sku":"9781627550949","price":22.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0768\/5727\/8650\/files\/0mjJjkbNsG9781627550949.webp?v=1783751178","url":"https:\/\/thebookloversatlas.com\/products\/double-jeopardy-a-classic-noir-novel-of-crime-punishment-and-legal-suspense-paperback","provider":"The Book Lover's Atlas","version":"1.0","type":"link"}