{"product_id":"2940013740822","title":"Easy to Kill","description":"Mme. Storey drove her own car up to Newport. According to instructions,\u003cbr\u003ewe left it standing at the front door of the Van Tassel mansion, and\u003cbr\u003emade our way by a path around to the rear. This was to avoid coming in\u003cbr\u003econtact with the house servants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the darkness under the side windows our way was suddenly blocked by\u003cbr\u003ean armed guard. The unexpectedness of his appearance almost fetched a\u003cbr\u003escream out of me. In a husky whisper he demanded to know our business.\u003cbr\u003eMme. Storey gave him the password that had been furnished\u003cbr\u003eus--\"Redwood\"--and he drew back. I had the feeling that other men were\u003cbr\u003ewatching us from the shadows of the shrubbery. Who would want to be\u003cbr\u003erich, I thought, if you had to live in a state of siege like this.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the back of the mansion, looking over the cliffs toward the sea,\u003cbr\u003ethere was a wide outdoors room that would have been called a porch in\u003cbr\u003eany ordinary house, but at the Van Tassels', we learned, it was\u003cbr\u003edignified with the name of terrace. It was glassed in all around for bad\u003cbr\u003eweather, and though now the June night was warm and sweet smelling, all\u003cbr\u003ethe sliding panels were closed. Here Mr. and Mrs. Van Tassel had\u003cbr\u003earranged to be waiting for us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI glanced with strong curiosity at the bearers of so famous a name.\u003cbr\u003eNeither was very impressive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHoward Van Tassel was an old man suffering from some form of heart\u003cbr\u003etrouble that forced him to keep his mouth always hanging open and to\u003cbr\u003ebreathe with difficulty. You were always uneasy in his presence because\u003cbr\u003ehe seemed likely to have a stroke at any moment. His wife had been a\u003cbr\u003ebeauty. Her faded hair was tricked out in the puffs and whorls and kinks\u003cbr\u003ethat went out of fashion years ago, and her faded cheeks were bright\u003cbr\u003ewith rouge. They showed little of the dignity you would expect from\u003cbr\u003epeople of their position.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070245945584,"sku":"2940013740822","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013740822_p0.jpg?v=1763589627","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013740822","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}