using System;

    using System.Linq;

    using Newtonsoft.Json;

​

    public class Program

    {

        static public T JsonDeserialize<T>(string input, T example)

        {

            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(input);

        }

        public static void Main()

        {

            const string input = @"[ { 'id' : 12, 'data' : 'MyData' }, { 'id' : 13, 'data' : 'Another record' } ]";

            var example = new []

                    {

                        new { id = default(int), data = default(string) }

                    };

            var list = JsonDeserialize(input, example);

            foreach ( var o in list.Where( a => a.id == 12))

            {

                Console.WriteLine(o.id);

                Console.WriteLine(o.data);

            }

        }

    }