{"product_id":"2940014262347","title":"The Abandoned Room","description":"The mystery of a secret room, scene of many murders, is unraveled by Carlos Paredes, the Panamanian Sherlock Holmes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExcerpt:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the absence of the coroner he wouldn't let the doctor touch the body.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I must repair this lock,\" he said, \"the first thing, so nothing can be disturbed.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDoctor Groom, a grim and dark man, had grown silent on entering the room. For a long time he stared at the body in the candle light, making as much of an examination as he could, evidently, without physical contact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Why did he ever come here to sleep?\" he asked in his rumbling bass voice. \"Nasty room! Unhealthy room! Ten to one you're a formality, policeman. Coroner's a formality.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe sneered a little.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I daresay he died what the hard-headed world will call a natural death. Wonder what the coroner'll say.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe detective didn't answer. He shot rapid, uneasy glances about the room in which a single candle burned. After a time he said with an accent of complete conviction:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"That man was murdered.\"","brand":"Sheba Blake Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47168276332784,"sku":"2940014262347","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014262347_p0.jpg?v=1763604378","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014262347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}