{"product_id":"9780007213535","title":"The Scent of Death","description":"\u003cp\u003e*WINNER of the Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award 2013*\u003cbr\u003e‘Andrew Taylor wrote superb historical fiction long before Hilary Mantel was popular’ Daily Telegraph\u003cbr\u003eFrom the No.1 bestselling author of THE AMERICAN BOY comes a new historical thriller set during the American War of Independence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAugust, 1778. British-controlled Manhattan is a melting pot of soldiers, traitors and refugees, surrounded by rebel forces as the American War of Independence rages on.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInto this simmering tension sails Edward Savill, a London clerk tasked with assessing the claims of loyalists who have lost out during the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSavill lodges with the ageing Judge Wintour, his ailing wife, and their enigmatic daughter-in-law Arabella. However, as Savill soon learns, what the Wintours have lost in wealth, they have gained in secrets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe murder of a gentleman in the slums pulls Savill into the city’s underbelly. But when life is so cheap, why does one death matter? Because making a nation is a lucrative business, and some people cannot afford to miss out, whatever the price…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback B-format paperback","offer_id":44951587782816,"sku":"9780007213535","price":8.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_100784b6-3677-4168-838f-c0ebd3fc3d1e.jpg?v=1686272668","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780007213535","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}