{"product_id":"in-the-presence-of-the-enemy-9780553385502","title":"In the Presence of the Enemy","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers must navigate fraught politics and explosive secrets in this \"rich [and] addictively readable\" mystery in the renowned Inspector Lynley series.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series \u003ci\u003eLynley\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Combining the eloquence of P.D. James with a story John Grisham would envy, George serves up a splendid, unsettling novel.\"--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHailed as the \"king of sleaze,\" tabloid editor Dennis Luxford is very good at ferreting out the sins and scandals of people in exposed positions. But when he opens an innocuous-looking letter addressed to him, he discovers that someone else excels at it as well. Ten-year-old Charlotte Bowen has been abducted, and if Luxford does not admit publicly to having fathered her, she will die. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Charlotte's existence is Luxford's most fiercely guarded secret, and acknowledging her will throw more than one life in chaos. For Charlotte's mother, Eve, is one of England's most high-profile Junior Ministers and quite possibly the next Margaret Thatcher. Eve refuses to let Luxford damage her career by printing the story or calling the police. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Luxford struggles to find help, another tragedy brings Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Sergeant Barbara Havers into the case--one whose tentacles reach from London to the countryside--as the investigators navigate a world of corrupt self-interest in which the sins of parents are visited upon children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Random House Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780553385502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.20w x 1.30d","brand":"Elizabeth George","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52051640844469,"sku":"9780553385502","price":14.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/in-the-presence-of-the-enemy-9780553385502","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}