{"product_id":"gunner-by-alan-parks-9781399819671","title":"Gunner","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA brand new crime series from the award-winning author of the Harry McCoy books\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e'A notably original protagonist . . . swept up in a high-level conspiracy reaching from Whitehall's corridors of power to Berlin and Rudolf Hess's doomed flight to Scotland . . . enthralling' \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Great storytelling . . . I loved it' Peter James, #1 bestselling author of the Roy Grace series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarch 1941. Joseph Gunner is back on the streets of Glasgow after being wounded on the front lines in France.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eKeeping the pain in his leg at bay with the help of morphine, Gunner, a former detective, is hoping to lie low as the Luftwaffe begins bombing Glasgow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBut when he runs into his old boss Drummond, he is persuaded to help examine a body found in the wreckage. When it turns out to be that of a German, mutilated to disguise his identity, Gunner reluctantly agrees to investigate.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs he begins to hunt for the truth, Gunner runs into old flames and bitter enemies, before finding himself embroiled in a high-level conspiracy that reaches far beyond his hometown of Glasgow.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartly inspired by the true story of Rudolf Hess's secret mission to broker appeasement with Britain during the Second World War, \u003ci\u003eGunner\u003c\/i\u003e is an atmospheric and addictive new thriller from one of Britain's best-loved writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Great stuff . . . a vivid sense of place and time and what a main character!' Ian Rankin, #1 bestselling author of the Rebus series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072550715628,"sku":"9781399819671","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10564773482686.jpg?v=1765116552","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/gunner-by-alan-parks-9781399819671","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}