{"product_id":"9780008494285","title":"A Schooling in Murder","description":"\u003ch2\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eTimes \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Year*\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ashes of London\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Ten out of ten' \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A grand piece of work - a triumph and one of Taylor's best' MICK HERRON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'As good as I'd expect from a master of the craft' VAL MCDERMID\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEngland, May 1945\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she's run away, but in fact she has met a violent end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReplacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved? and these echoing halls hide a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor, Andrew","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57513379594614,"sku":"9780008494285","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1208\/4146\/files\/9780008494285.jpg?v=1773925860","url":"https:\/\/chepstowbooks.co.uk\/products\/9780008494285","provider":"Chepstow Books \u0026 Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}