{"product_id":"playing-for-the-ashes-9780553385496","title":"Playing for the Ashes","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley becomes embroiled in a case where nothing--and no one--is really what it seems in this \"compelling [and] indefinitely engrossing\" (\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e) novel from the renowned Inspector Lynley series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't miss the upcoming BritBox streaming series\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLynley\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Those who haven't discovered Elizabeth George . . . should rush to read \u003ci\u003ePlaying for the Ashes\u003c\/i\u003e.\"--\u003ci\u003eUs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen milkman Martin Snell makes his usual delivery to fifteenth-century Celandine Cottage one morning in Kent, he expects to be greeted by the cottage's sensual and seductive tenant, Gabriella Patten--not by the ugly remains of a fire pointing to a murder. As Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, begin their investigation, they soon find themselves in conflict with the local investigator--and discover ripples of shock spreading outward from the crime: from the victim's husband, who claims indifference to her faithlessness, to the estranged wife of a member of the national cricket team, to an angry teenager, a former prostitute, and an ex-lover of Gabriella who has sworn her off to save his marriage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs all of England, as well as the world of national cricket, reels from the crime, Lynley and Havers find themselves working on the most frustrating--and politically dangerous--case of their careers. And when in an act of desperation Lynley breaks department rules to flush out the killer, he risks his career with New Scotland Yard.\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 9780553385496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.50d","brand":"Elizabeth George","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284334932149,"sku":"9780553385496","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_a82c7f8f-4fb1-4d5f-8aba-abf9589c1d0c.jpg?v=1771990694","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/playing-for-the-ashes-9780553385496","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}