{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-benevolent-bookie-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-9781913527112","title":"The Case of the Benevolent Bookie: A Ludovic Travers Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWe've got to have a body.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's what what detective Ludovic Travers says, after being contacted by one Lord Tynworth. Tynworth's wife has vanished and his lordship wants her found - yet strangely doesn't seem especially keen on getting her back. When Travers walks into the case, he enters a hall of mirrors. In it are thoroughbred horses, their trainers, at least one man determined not to tell the truth . . . and a burnt corpse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe missing woman is a former crooner, and once again Travers must investigate the world of showbusiness on his way to discovering the truth. Meanwhile the cash-strapped Tynworth disappears to America - and then just disappears entirely. Travers narrowly escapes with his life before he brings the diabolical affair to a head, and solves the case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Benevolent Bookie\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1955. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A provocative puzzle\" \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Street Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781913527112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.48d","brand":"Christopher Bush","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42607920480437,"sku":"9781913527112","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ad3809d4-028e-4ef1-bcf8-c09bb57103fd.jpg?v=1674574261","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-case-of-the-benevolent-bookie-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-9781913527112","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}