{"product_id":"violet-hill-1","title":"Violet Hill","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Henrietta McKervey is a storyteller of rare gifts. \u003ci\u003eViolet Hill\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully assured and compelling novel, so evocative of a London that has long ceased to be, yet crackling on every page with urgently contemporary resonance and meaning. I could not put it down.' Joseph O'Connor\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDecember 1918:\u003c\/b\u003e Post-War London is grieving, the city a wound whose dressing was taken off too soon. Violet Hill, the only female private detective in the city, is hired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's business manager to uncover spiritual trickery he believes is deceiving his employer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanuary 2018: \u003c\/b\u003eSusanna is a super-recogniser, one of an elite Met Police team of officers with extraordinary powers for facial recognition. When a freak injury causes her unusual ability to suddenly disappear, a dangerous criminal whom she no longer recognises decides to close in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompelling stories across two eras weave into this page-turning, literary adventure of identity, deception, danger - and detection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'McKervey is a skilful, intelligent storyteller who looks at the world from fresh perspectives; she raises questions about the gap between appearance and reality, truth and fiction, surveillance and security that will stay with a reader long after they finish reading this novel.' Lia Mills\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Books Ireland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32118393536595,"sku":"9781473682689","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781473682689.jpg?v=1778518829","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/violet-hill-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}