{"id":4,"date":"2020-02-06T17:15:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thorsonbooks.com\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-07-18T02:02:18","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T02:02:18","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/thorsonbooks.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1687319699237{padding-right: 30px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>*FIFTH BOOK IN THE SERIES*<\/strong><\/h2>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n\r\nTrouble finds its way to Vinn and Malcolm&#8217;s front door, even when they\u2019ve sworn it off for good. The two academics teaching at the University of Illinois at Chicago have become an unlikely crime-fighting duo, taking on gruesome murder cases, doing covert work for government agencies and getting tangled up in one too many violent altercations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>And they\u2019ve finally had enough. Vinn and Mal have now sworn off their dangerous extracurricular work and decided to put their energy back into their \u201clegitimate jobs\u201d at the University. 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Fans of Matthew FitzSimmons will love Thorson\u2019s meticulous, deliberate style.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2013<strong>MISHKA RAO<\/strong>\u00a0at BestThrillers.com<\/p>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1675567141697{padding-right: 20px !important;padding-left: 20px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\r\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 3\">\r\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\r\n<div class=\"column\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;Thomas J. Thorson has penned\u00a0plenty\u00a0of\u00a0breathtaking, as well as humorous, moments.\u00a0An entertaining read!&#8221;<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis: 100%;\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2013DEBORAH LLOYD<\/strong>\u00a0at Readers&#8217; Favorite for <em>The Connubial Corpse<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_zigzag][vc_column_text]<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>A journey of love and death<\/strong> Malcom Winters, alias for the initially unnamed narrator of\u00a0<em>Heirs Apparent<\/em>, by Thomas J. 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