{"product_id":"a-schooling-in-murder-andrew-taylor-hardcover","title":"A Schooling in Murder -- Andrew Taylor, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eTimes \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Year*From the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ashes of London\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'Ten out of ten' \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A grand piece of work - a triumph and one of Taylor's best' MICK HERRON\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'As good as I'd expect from a master of the craft' VAL MCDERMID\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEngland, May 1945\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnnabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she's run away, but in fact she has met a violent end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReplacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved... and these echoing halls hide a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Andrew Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hemlock Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/2\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.36 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.29\" H x 6.3\" L x 1.42\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780008494230\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51718717440299,"sku":"9780008494230","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780008494230.jpg?v=1769543583","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/a-schooling-in-murder-andrew-taylor-hardcover","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}