{"product_id":"the-best-man-to-die-9780345345301","title":"The Best Man to Die","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe stag party was terrific. The incident that followed was terrifying. . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The best mystery writer anywere in the English-speaking world.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWho could have suspected that the exciting stag party for the groom would be a prelude to the murder of his close friend Charlie Hatton? But it was--and Charlie's death sentence was only the first in a string of puzzling murders involving small-time gangsters, cheating husbands, and loose women. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSuspense is spiced with ironic twists as Chief Inspector Wexford and his assistant join forces with the groom to track down a killer. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Best Man to Die\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You cannot afford to miss Ruth Rendell \"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For readers who have almost given up mysteries . . . Rendell may be just the woman to get them started again.\"\u003cb\u003e--Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"First-rate entertainment.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eSaturday Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fawcett Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/12\/1987\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780345345301\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.86h x 4.23w x 0.56d","brand":"Ruth Rendell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43049415213237,"sku":"9780345345301","price":7.64,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_6a7580f5-f578-4329-84cc-5c507110299b.jpg?v=1689689366","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-best-man-to-die-9780345345301","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}