{"product_id":"the-golden-dagger-a-bobby-owen-mystery-9781911579014","title":"The Golden Dagger: A Bobby Owen Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Why should anyone want to pinch the dagger--except to do somebody in?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo one answered this question.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eItem: one anonymous phone call reporting a murder at a historic country house - but no body is to be found. Item: one ornate antique knife, discovered in a village call-box, blood-stains on the blade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRather than identifying a corpse, Bobby Owen of the Yard has to find out who, if anyone, has actually \u003cem\u003ebeen\u003c\/em\u003e killed. Two persons, one a best-selling author, the other no-one's cup of tea, are missing but a particular kind of hat keep turning up in the case - which also involves a haunted wood, a hatchet-wielding secretary, and a curious abundance of writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Dagger\u003c\/em\u003e is the twenty-ninth novel in the Bobby Owen Mystery series, originally published in 1951. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans, and a selection of E.R. Punshon's prolific \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e reviews of other golden age mystery fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"What is distinction? ... in the works of Mr. E.R. Punshon we salute it every time.\"--Dorothy L. Sayers\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 01\/02\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911579014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.49d","brand":"E. R. Punshon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181324529845,"sku":"9781911579014","price":13.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_82263854-c11f-41b6-aa82-85043d10826e.jpg?v=1768922702","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-golden-dagger-a-bobby-owen-mystery-9781911579014","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}