{"product_id":"9780241958933","title":"The Black Country","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlex Grecian's The Black Country sees the Scotland Yard Murder Squad return in a gruesome historical thriller.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen members of a prominent family disappear from a coal-mining village - and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird's nest - the local constable sends for help from Scotland Yard's new Murder Squad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith respond, but they have no idea what they're about to get into. The villagers have intense, intertwined histories. Everybody bears a secret. Superstitions abound. And the village itself is slowly sinking into the mines beneath it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot even the arrival of forensics pioneer Dr. Bernard Kingsley seems to help. In fact, the more the three of them investigate, the more they realize they may never be allowed to leave. . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex Grecian","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43319660740768,"sku":"9780241958933","price":7.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/18808944.jpg?v=1727017436","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780241958933","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}