{"product_id":"murder-in-the-telephone-exchange-9781891241376","title":"Murder in the Telephone Exchange","description":"First published in 1948, when it was the best-selling mystery of the year in the author's native Australia, \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Telephone Exchange\u003c\/i\u003e stars feisty young operator Maggie Byrnes. When one of her more unpopular colleagues is murdered -- her head bashed in with a \"buttinsky,\" a piece of equipment used to listen in on phone calls -- Maggie resolves to turn sleuth. Some of her coworkers are acting strangely, and Maggie is convinced she has a better chance of figuring out who is responsible for the killing than the rather stolid police team assigned to the case, who seem to think she herself might have had something to do with it. But then one of her friends is murdered too, and it looks like Maggie might be next. Narrated with verve and wit, this is a whodunit in the tradition of Dorothy L. Sayers and Josephine Tey, by turns entertaining and suspenseful, and building to a gripping climax.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dark Passage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781891241376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"June Wright","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42148866130101,"sku":"9781891241376","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2f2b1177-f6a0-4332-8cc6-a508cbf63c96.jpg?v=1653485881","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/murder-in-the-telephone-exchange-9781891241376","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}