{"product_id":"a-queer-case-by-robert-holtom-9781835413173","title":"A Queer Case","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping 1920s-set whodunnit, this debut features a queer sleuth who must solve a murder in a mansion on London’s Hampstead Heath without revealing his sexuality, lest he be arrested as a criminal.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Selby Bigge mysteries series debut will leave readers eager for the next instalment. Perfect for fans of Nicola Upson’s Josephine Tey novels.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1929.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelby Bigge is a bank clerk by day and a denizen of the capital’s queer underworld by night, but he yearns for a life that will take him away from his ledgers, deathly interactions with colleagues, and a dreary bedsit in which his every move is scrutinised by a nosy landlady. So when he meets Patrick, son of knight of the realm and banking millionaire Sir Lionel Duker, he is delighted to find himself catapulted into a world of dinners at the Ritz and birthday parties at his new friend’s family mansion on Hampstead Heath.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut money, it seems, can’t buy happiness. Sir Lionel is being slandered in the press, his new young wife Lucinda is being harassed by an embittered journalist, and Patrick is worried he’ll lose his inheritance to his gold-digging stepmother. And when someone is found strangled on the billiard room floor after a party, it doesn’t take long for Selby to realise everyone has a motive for murder, himself included.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCan Selby uncover the truth while keeping his own secrets buried?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46841371853036,"sku":"9781835413173","price":28.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13202343482841.jpg?v=1758712114","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/a-queer-case-by-robert-holtom-9781835413173","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}