{"product_id":"pelagia-and-the-white-bulldog","title":"Pelagia and the White Bulldog","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCanine conspiracies, spurned lovers, murderous greed, jealousy, politics, power and knitting: Pelagia and the White Bulldog marks the beginning of an addictively entertaining new crime series from the internationally bestselling author, Boris Akunin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the dying days of the nineteenth century, the small Russian town of Zavolzhsk is shaken out of its sleepy rural existence by the arrival from St Petersburg of a Synodical Inspector with a hidden agenda and a dangerously persuasive manner. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, in the nearby country estate of Drozdovka, one of the prized white Bulldogs  - prized because of its one brown ear, and its propensity to drool - belonging to the cantankerous lady of the house has been poisoned. The old widow has taken to her bed, sick with fear that her two remaining dogs may face a similar fate, and the many potential beneficiaries of her will wait fretfully to see whether or not she will recover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSister Pelagia: bespectacled, freckled, woefully clumsy and astonishingly resourceful is summoned by the Bishop of Zavolzhsk to investigate the bulldog's death. But her investigation soon takes a far more sinister turn when two headless bodies are pulled out of the river on the edge of the estate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54240348340568,"sku":"9780753821572","price":17.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780753821572_ed67b278-50a1-4a26-a32f-9aa515005ef9.jpg?v=1764568816","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/pelagia-and-the-white-bulldog","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}