{"product_id":"the-darwin-affair-9781643750460","title":"The Darwin Affair","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Intellectually stimulating and viscerally exciting, \u003ci\u003eThe Darwin Affair\u003c\/i\u003e is breathtaking from start to stop.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Barnes \u0026amp; Noble Discover Pick * A \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Best Mystery Book of the Year * A \u003ci\u003eReader's Digest\u003c\/i\u003e Best Summer Book * A Forbes.com Best Historical Novel of the Summer\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet ready for one of the most inventive and entertaining novels of 2019--an edge-of-your-seat Victorian-era thriller, where the controversial publication\u003ci\u003e On the Origin of Species \u003c\/i\u003esets off a string of unspeakable crimes.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLondon, June 1860: When an assassination attempt is made on Queen Victoria, and a petty thief is gruesomely murdered moments later--and only a block away--Chief Detective Inspector Charles Field quickly surmises that the crimes are connected. Was Victoria really the assassin's target? Or were both crimes part of an even more sinister plot? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Field's investigation soon exposes a shocking conspiracy: the publication of Charles Darwin's controversial On the Origin of Species has set off a string of terrible crimes--murder, arson, kidnapping. Witnesses describe a shadowy figure with lifeless, coal-black eyes. As the investigation takes Field from the dangerous alleyways of London to the hallowed halls of Oxford, the list of possible conspirators grows, and the body count escalates. And as he edges closer to the dastardly madman called the Chorister, he uncovers dark secrets that were meant to remain forever hidden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/23\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643750460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 1.00d","brand":"Tim Mason","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664418664604,"sku":"9781643750460","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_b7620ad2-f1a1-417a-bae5-0a83a018a41b.jpg?v=1603906624","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-darwin-affair-9781643750460","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}