{"product_id":"winter-of-despair-9781780291758","title":"Winter of Despair","description":"\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilkie Collins must prove his brother is innocent of murder in the second of the compelling new Gaslight mystery series.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eNovember, 1853. \u003c\/i\u003eInspector Field has summoned his friends Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins to examine a body found in an attic studio, its throat cut. Around the body lie the lacerated fragments of canvas of a painting titled \u003ci\u003eA Winter of Despair. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On closer examination, Wilkie realizes he recognizes the victim, for he had been due to dine with him that very evening. The dead man is Edwin Milton-Hayes, one of Wilkie's brother Charley's artist friends. But what is the significance of the strange series of faceless paintings Milton-Hayes had been worked on when he died? And why is Charley acting so strangely? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With his own brother under suspicion of murder, Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens set out to uncover the truth. What secrets lie among the close-knit group of Pre-Raphaelite painters who were the dead man's friends? And who is the killer in their midst?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Severn House Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781780291758\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.20w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Cora Harrison","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40649281765557,"sku":"9781780291758","price":31.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_0722ea3a-f161-4bc2-823f-28c207675a45.jpg?v=1627964981","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/winter-of-despair-9781780291758","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}