{"product_id":"the-lost-luggage-porter-9780156030748","title":"The Lost Luggage Porter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Necropolis Railway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackpool Highflyer\u003c\/i\u003e comes another ingenious thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is winter 1906 and Jim has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, a human directory to everything in York, tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his Inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris with the thieves, his plight made even worse when threats are made against his wife. Can Jim get to get to her before the villains do? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUK Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Luggage Porter\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003ePage-turning, confidently written... - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe atmosphere of neglected streets...dingy saloon bars, supper of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked. - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Paperbacks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156030748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.96h x 5.52w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/22\/2007 pg. 38\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2007 pg. 1180\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/13\/2008 pg. 24\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/07\/2008 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Martin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42222717305013,"sku":"9780156030748","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8ade6205-48a6-464c-9876-00ca70150854.jpg?v=1655779309","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-lost-luggage-porter-9780156030748","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}