{"product_id":"9780712353526","title":"Checkmate to Murder : A Second World War Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Lorac, E.C.R., Edwards, Martin, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 10\/08\/2020,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 240 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: British Library Crime Classics, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: British Library Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: British Library Publishing,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: British Library Crime Classics, Classic crime, Second World War fiction\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780712353526\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eOn a dismally foggy night in Hampstead, London, a curious party has gathered in an artist's studio to weather the wartime blackout. A civil servant and a government scientist are matching wits in a game of chess, while an artist paints the portrait of his characterful sitter, bedecked in Cardinal's robes at the other end of the room. In the kitchen, the artist's sister is hosting the charlady of the miser next door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the brutal murder of said miser is discovered by his Canadian infantryman nephew, it's not long before Inspector Macdonald of Scotland Yard is at the scene, faced with perplexing alibis and with the fate of the young soldier in his hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35547073216665,"sku":"9780712353526","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780712353526.jpg?v=1601394437","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780712353526","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}