{"product_id":"the-studio-crime-9781911095439","title":"The Studio Crime","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"He is dead. It is quite impossible that he should have killed himself. He has been murdered. About half an hour ago. By a long knife passed under the left shoulder-blade into the heart.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn a fog-bound London night, a soir e is taking place in the studio of artist Laurence Newtree. The guests include an eminent psychiatrist, a wealthy philanthropist and an observant young friend of Newtree's, John Christmas. Before the evening is over, Newtree's neighbour is found stabbed to death in what appears to be an impossible crime. But a mysterious man in a fez has been spotted in the fog asking for highly unlikely directions...\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe resourceful John Christmas takes on the case, unofficially, leading to an ingenious solution no one could have expected, least of all Inspector Hembrow of Scotland Yard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Studio Crime\u003c\/em\u003e is the first of Ianthe Jerrold's classic whodunit novels, originally published in 1929. Its impact led to her membership of the elite Detection Club, and its influence can be felt on later works by John Dickson Carr, Ngaio Marsh and Dorothy L. Sayers among others.\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 04\/06\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781911095439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.62d","brand":"Ianthe Jerrold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38212566024373,"sku":"9781911095439","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5dd4dc98-b885-429a-a82b-d3ce399bbe20.jpg?v=1610436040","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-studio-crime-9781911095439","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}