{"product_id":"2940000204887","title":"Adept","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An impressively ambitious debut that marries the crime novel with the occult thriller. . . . It's a British variant on \u003cb\u003eThe Da Vinci Code\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Rule of Four.\u003c\/b\u003e\"-Andrew Taylor \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Cracking . . . fast paced, carefully plotted, hard-hitting, but with an edge of humour to keep it sharp . . . thoroughly to be recommended.\"-Manda Scott \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's a strange sort of robbery: On the surface, nothing is missing, and the only damage done is to the criminals. David Braun, star investigator for an exclusive insurance firm, is called on by his client-the sinister owner of the building-to find a priceless object that, to the outside world, was never meant to exist. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn turning to American academic Susan Milton, an expert from the London School of Antiquities, he finds a friend and ally to help him make sense of the situation and unpick the mystery. Together they discover the truth that the crime was intended to conceal. Behind it all, a ruthless thief, who is intent on acquiring a priceless antique-an antique with a bloody history its owners would prefer to keep hidden. Risking their lives, they expose a horrifying secret that's centuries old-but the discovery makes them the target of a ruthless killer the police find impossible to catch. With time running out, David and Susan race to uncover the killer's true objective even as he closes in on them . . . \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Finn\u003c\/b\u003e is emerging as one of the breakthrough British authors of crime and mystery thrillers.\u003cb\u003e Adept\u003c\/b\u003e is his debut novel; \u003cb\u003eEx Machina,\u003c\/b\u003e the sequel, is due out in autumn 2007. Finn lives and works in London.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Snowbooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120723607792,"sku":"2940000204887","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940000204887","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}