{"product_id":"the-drowning-ground-9781250054197","title":"The Drowning Ground","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut here, in the quaint ceaseless calm of an English vil-lage, it is hard to imagine a life beyond. From the outside, everything seems to make sense. Everything has its place.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy friends are open and unsuspecting. There is none of the natural suspicion of the Argentinian. . . For me, it's unbeliev-able in a way.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor two decades after being forced to leave his native Argentina, Detective Chief Inspector Guillermo Downes has sought tranquility in the orderly life of the English Cotswolds. But violence can strike just as suddenly in the countryside as it can in Buenos Aires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the body of wealthy landowner Frank Hurst is found with a pitchfork through his neck, it brings back disturbing memories of former mysteries. Hurst's wife drowned in their swimming pool-an official accident, though many villagers have their doubts. And what about the two young girls who were abducted years before, with some possible links to Hurst that were never proven? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e''It's something truly terrible to make someone disap-pear, '' Downes tells his partner. \"Because the family never know, you see.\" Years ago he had promised the vanished girls' mothers to find their daughters, and as the ripples from Hurst's death spread through the village, there is fresh hope that he might finally make good on that promise, no matter what it costs the community or himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the kind of insights into life in a seemingly peaceful village that made \u003ci\u003eBroadchurch\u003c\/i\u003e so powerful, James Marrison's \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning Ground\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a terrific new voice in crime fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minotaur Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250054197\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.70w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2015 pg. 50\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"James Marrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181277900981,"sku":"9781250054197","price":31.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3e46ed2f-e260-42f5-8ac2-820f5e24b09c.jpg?v=1768922482","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-drowning-ground-9781250054197","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}