{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-second-chance-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-9781912574971","title":"The Case of the Second Chance: A Ludovic Travers Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Anything doing?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Maybe, ' he said guardedly, and then as a kind of afterthought: 'Just slipping along to Hampstead. Charles Manfrey's dead.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudovic Travers is on army leave in London when actor and theatrical impresario Charles Manfrey is murdered, so it is not surprising that Superintendent Wharton - 'the General' to the initiated - pulls him in to help investigate the crime. All the suspects are examined - the rival actor, the housekeeper, the beautiful and calculating secretary - all seem to have a watertight alibi, yet there \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e a clue which Travers and Wharton have overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is only months later, while investigating a case of blackmail, that something very unexpected happens - and gives Travers a second chance of finding the killer of Charles Manfrey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Second Chance\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1946. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bush gets better and better . . . And Ludovic Travers is becoming one of our favourite sleuths\" \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\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\/06\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781912574971\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 210\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":42573330972853,"sku":"9781912574971","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5ba10326-00d7-477e-9266-fdda07c1712c.jpg?v=1672156613","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-case-of-the-second-chance-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-9781912574971","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}