{"product_id":"voice-like-velvet","title":"Voice Like Velvet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003eA sensational wartime crime novel about a BBC announcer who abuses his position to commit crimes against the rich and famous…\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eBy day Ernest Bisham is a velvet-voiced announcer for the BBC; the whole country recognises the sound of his meticulous pronouncements. By night, however, Mr Bisham is a cat-burglar, careless about his loot, but revelling in the danger and excitement of his running contest with Scotland Yard. But as he gets away with more and more daring escapades, there will come a time when he goes too far . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eWhen Donald Henderson’s \u003cem\u003eMr Bowling Buys a Newspaper\u003c\/em\u003e caused something of a sensation, his publishers were keen to capitalise on their author’s popularity, quickly reissuing \u003cem\u003eThe Announcer\u003c\/em\u003e (originally published under his pen-name ‘D. H. Landels’) with the more alluring title \u003cem\u003eA Voice Like Velvet\u003c\/em\u003e. Despite a small edition of just 3,000 copies, it was his best reviewed work, as suspenseful and offbeat as his earlier success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eThis Detective Club classic includes an introduction by \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Age of Murder\u003c\/em\u003e’s Martin Edwards, who explores Henderson’s own BBC career and the long established tradition of books about gentlemen crooks. The book also includes a rare Henderson short story, the chilling ‘The Alarm Bell’.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218293870936,"sku":"9780008449391","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780008449391_96906714-992d-43ec-9d8e-ed25bdaae1e3.jpg?v=1764412240","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/voice-like-velvet","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}