{"product_id":"9780143052081","title":"Minotaur","description":"\u003cb\u003eSecrets and lies in a proper English family lead to murder in a mesmerizing tale by England's Queen of Crime\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIt is the 1960s, but the \"swinging sixties\"revolution hasn't quite reached rural England. In an attempt to be closer to her English boyfriend, Kerstin Kvist accepts a job with the Cosway matriarch; her three unmarried daughters; and her son, John, a sad, self-absorbed figure in his thirties who haunts the grand house of Lydstep Old Hall, deep in the Essex countryside. There is a fourth daughter, too—a widow herself and apparently quite rich—who comes and goes infrequently, with ill-disguised contempt for the others.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThen, just as Kerstin is beginning to figure out the odd family, a stranger moves into the village, his very presence setting the Cosways on a path to self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Minotaur\u003c\/i\u003e is Barbara Vine in top form.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barbara Vine (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Mass market (rack) paperback","offer_id":44951601447072,"sku":"9780143052081","price":5.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b31325f0-243e-4513-b362-4da6782535dd.jpg?v=1686359657","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780143052081","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}