{"product_id":"scarlet-town-by-leonora-nattrass-9781800816961","title":"Scarlet Town","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A wonderful and compelling murder mystery'\u003c\/em\u003e - LOUISE FEIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A brilliantly entertaining historical crime'\u003c\/em\u003e - PHILIPPA EAST\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An elegant, richly detailed, historical joy'\u003c\/em\u003e - KATE GRIFFIN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e1796. A rigged election. A town at war. A murderer at large...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDisgraced former Foreign Office clerk Laurence Jago and his larger-than-life employer, the journalist William Philpott, have escaped America— and Philpott's near imprisonment for libel— by the skin of their teeth. They return to Laurence's hometown of Helston, Cornwall, in the hope of rest and recuperation, but instead find themselves in the middle of a tumultuous election that has the inhabitants of the town at one another's throats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOnly two men may vote in this rotten borough, and when one of them dies in suspicious circumstances, Laurence is ordered to investigate on behalf of the town's patron, his old master, the Duke of Leeds. But it is no easy matter, thanks to the machinations of the rival political factions, not to mention the riotous performances of Toby the Sapient Hog.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThen the second elector is poisoned, and suspicion turns on the town doctor, the gentle Pythagoras Jago, Laurence's own cousin. Suddenly, Laurence finds himself ensnared in generations of bad blood and petty rivalries, with his cousin's fate in his hands...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe new page-turning historical mystery from the author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Drop\u003c\/em\u003e, a 2021 \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year, and \u003cem\u003eBlue Water\u003c\/em\u003e, a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, Laura Shepherd-Robinson and S.J. Parris.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072657735916,"sku":"9781800816961","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/4269703482829.jpg?v=1765124081","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/scarlet-town-by-leonora-nattrass-9781800816961","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}