{"product_id":"call-the-dying","title":"Call The Dying","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\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eFire Court\u003c\/i\u003e, this is the seventh instalment in the acclaimed Lydmouth series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLove and need make unexpected bedfellows, and both are blind. As the grip of a long hard winter tightens on Lydmouth, a dead woman calls the dying in a seance behind net curtains. Two provincial newspapers are in the throes of a bitter circulation war. A lorry-driver broods, and an office boy loses his heart. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritain is basking in the warm glow of post-war tranquillity, but in the quiet town of Lydmouth, darker forces are at play. The rats are fed on bread and milk, a gentleman's yellow kid glove is mislaid on a train, and something disgusting is happening at Mr Prout's toyshop.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to a town shrouded in intrigue and suspicion, Jill Francis becomes acting editor of the Gazette. Meanwhile, there's no pleasure left in the life of Detective Chief Inspector Richard Thornhill. Only a corpse, a television set and the promise of trouble to come.\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":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32059635761235,"sku":"","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780340838624.jpg?v=1771331424","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/call-the-dying","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}