{"product_id":"mesmerists-apprentice","title":"Mesmerist's Apprentice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second mystery for lady detective Sarah Tanner in L. M. Jackson's gripping series set in 1850s London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA desperate plea from her former lover, the aristocrat Arthur DeSalle, turns Sarah Tanner's quiet life upside down.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur needs Sarah's help. Suspicious of the hold that Dr Stead, renowned practitioner of the strange art of mesmerism, has gained on his aging parents, he hope to expose him as a fraud.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Mrs Tanner is troubled closer to home by a series of increasingly violent confrontations with a gang of Lambeth youths intent, it seems, on putting her out of business. What is their interest in her humble Dining and Coffee Rooms? And what is the closely guarded secret which connects the sinister doctor to the young thugs, and threatens to destroy a family's honour? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer very life at stake, her loyalty tested, Sarah Tanner sets out on a trail of murder and deceit, which stretches from the alleys of Leather Lane to the drawing-rooms of Mayfair...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornerstone","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54227251167576,"sku":"9780099498421","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780099498421.jpg?v=1777105827","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/mesmerists-apprentice","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}