{"product_id":"the-album-9781613163610","title":"The Album","description":"\u003cp\u003eEven in the early 1930s, Crescent Place is a neighborhood out of the past. The five Victorian mansions and the remote patch of pasture placed between them have the air of the 1890s, even as the city--once miles away from this idyllic retreat--encroaches and surrounds the enclave. But while these rarified residences may appear calm on the outside, their isolated interiors contain dark secrets, prolonged feuds, and generations of high-toned trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn these houses are a husband and wife who fight constantly, and another couple who hasn't spoken to each other in two decades. There is a widow in permanent mourning and a daughter whom the newspapers call psychotic. And there is a bedridden old woman who is about to be killed with an ax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen her murder shatters the well-mannered quiet of the cul-de-sac, the tabloids delight in trumpeting Crescent Place's peculiarities. But as the search for the killer intensifies, it becomes clear that the area's strangest secrets have yet to be revealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA suspenseful mystery enriched by sly social satire and set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Album is a memorable whodunnit from one of the most beloved and best selling authors of the Golden Age era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e American Mystery Classics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781613163610\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336","brand":"Mary Roberts Rinehart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42439270367413,"sku":"9781613163610","price":22.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_064876d5-3c10-43af-a9a6-0812bfa51f6c.jpg?v=1665461458","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-album-9781613163610","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}