{"product_id":"9780340617144","title":"The Mortal Sickness","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'Andrew Taylor is a master story-teller' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the No.1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Ashes of London\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Fire Court\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the second instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a spinster of the parish is found bludgeoned to death in St John's, and the church's most valuable possession, the Lydmouth chalice, is missing, the finger of suspicion points at the new vicar, who is already beset with problems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe glare of the police investigation reveals shabby secrets and private griefs.  Jill Francis, struggling to find her feet in her new life, stumbles into the case at the beginning.  But even a journalist cannot always watch from the sidelines. Soon she is inextricably involved in the Suttons' affairs.  Despite the electric antagonism between her and Inspector Richard Thornhill, she has instincts that she can't ignore . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An \u003cb\u003eexcellent writer\u003c\/b\u003e. He plots with care and intelligence and the solution to the mystery is satisfyingly \u003cb\u003echilling\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The \u003cb\u003emost under-rated crime writer in Britain\u003c\/b\u003e today' \u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There is \u003cb\u003eno denying Taylor's talent\u003c\/b\u003e, his prose exudes a quality uncommon among his contemporaries' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":44951587520672,"sku":"9780340617144","price":5.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/8637\/5072\/files\/BNCImageAPI_516c325c-fdfe-4488-85a6-128ae4241329.jpg?v=1686272677","url":"https:\/\/rivendell-books.com\/products\/9780340617144","provider":"Rivendell Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}