{"product_id":"ladies-bane-9781504047838","title":"Ladies' Bane","description":"\u003cb\u003eGoverness-turned-sleuth Miss Silver unravels a tangled web of marriage, mystery, and murder in the English countryside\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e No one has seen Allegra Trent since she got married. Her husband, Geoffrey, swept her off her feet and out of London to a faraway town called Bleake, consumed with the dream of owning a ramshackle medieval estate known as \"Ladies' Bane.\" Why he's so determined to live there no one knows, but Allegra postpones visits from family again and again, and then stops writing letters at all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Her family has begun to worry when suddenly her sister, Ione, finds herself not merely invited but positively urged to come. At first, Ione is puzzled, but upon her arrival she suspects that ominous forces are at work in the house. Then an unexpected death occurs, and her worst suspicions are confirmed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Miss Silver might appear harmless, but the former governess knows her way around a murder. As a private investigator, she's solved many cases among London's upper class and has earned \"her place in detective fiction as surely as Lord Peter Wimsey or Hercule Poirot\" (\u003ci\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Open Road Media Mystery \u0026amp; Thri\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781504047838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.76d","brand":"Patricia Wentworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36655192113308,"sku":"9781504047838","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_448e2096-1fef-4ca9-886c-c17f6a706525.jpg?v=1603884957","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ladies-bane-9781504047838","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}