{"product_id":"tug-of-war-4","title":"Tug of War","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoe Sandilands has been despatched to France to stay as the guest of a glamorous French war-widow on her Champagne estate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe widow is determined that Joe should support her claim that a mysterious shell-shocked soldier, suffering from amnesia and a loss of speech is her husband. The problem is that four other claimants have identified him differently, and his doctor suspects he is an English soldier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe decides to investigate the four claimants and picks his way through a tangle of lies, deceit, and manipulation, discovering that each of the four has an undeclared motive for claiming the unknown soldier. He uncovers a cleverly concealed murder committed during the war years and during this pursuit he finds out who the soldier really is. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe discovery presents him with an even greater dilemma, he must not only to solve a killing in the past, but avert a tragedy in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for Barbara Cleverly's Previous Novels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A delight' \u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e for Folly du Jour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Colourful historical detail with a modern rendition of the classic mystery novel' \u003ci\u003eThe Observer.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Cleverly's (novel) evokes and in some ways surpasses, the work of Agatha Christie.' \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A well-plotted novel... The atmosphere of the dying days of the Raj is colourfully captured.' Susanna Yager, \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The historical background is as fascinating as the murder. Stiff upperlip soldiers, American heiresses, handsome Afghan tribesmen - they are all here in spades. A great blood and guts blockbuster.' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Solidly plotted throughout, with lots of energy and all period accoutrements up to scratch and true to the Raj.' \u003ci\u003eLiterary Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54226775114072,"sku":"9781845294311","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781845294311.jpg?v=1744788641","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/tug-of-war-4","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}