{"product_id":"2940016377636","title":"The Caravan Crime","description":"Along a twisting country lane, warm and dusty, and richly colored by the\u003cbr\u003edying radiance of a July sunset, jangled a battered caravan, as brown\u003cbr\u003eand worn as the ancient horse which lugged it reluctantly onward. From\u003cbr\u003einnumerable hooks on back, front, and sides dangled tin cans, iron\u003cbr\u003ekettles, bristling brooms, bundles of brushes, and such-like domestic\u003cbr\u003enecessaries, together with goat-skin rugs, woollen mats, reach-me-down\u003cbr\u003esuits, carpet clippers, and many pairs of stout boots. The whole crazy\u003cbr\u003evehicle, with its hawkers' stock-in-trade, creaked and groaned and\u003cbr\u003elabored complainingly, as if on the verge of disintegration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot so the driver--presumably the owner. He sat rigidly upright, holding\u003cbr\u003ethe reins alert for adventure; slim and straight, and spare as a poplar;\u003cbr\u003efilled to the brim with the fiery wine of youth. Handsome, too, a woman\u003cbr\u003ewould have declared at the sight of that clean-shaven face, bronzed,\u003cbr\u003esmooth-skinned, oval, with clear-cut features, and closely-clipped dark\u003cbr\u003ehair. The young man's firm mouth, watchful grey eyes, strong jaw, and\u003cbr\u003esquare chin revealed him as an inborn master of his fellows. He should\u003cbr\u003ehave been commanding men in war, controlling some big business in peace;\u003cbr\u003esomehow governing, somehow dictating.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet here he was in a dingy grey riding suit and a shabby cap, with\u003cbr\u003edisreputable gaiters and heavy boots, driving an equally disreputable\u003cbr\u003ecaravan for the traffic of gipsy merchandise. His being in such a galley\u003cbr\u003ewould certainly have startled M. Jourdain, that innocent gentleman, who\u003cbr\u003ewas only surprised when he found virtue in unexpected places. A country\u003cbr\u003epoliceman, who was strolling along the lane, knew nothing of Moliere's\u003cbr\u003ehero, but he felt much the same when the dreary old caravan rumbled\u003cbr\u003eround the corner. The enigmatic driver was the very last person he\u003cbr\u003eexpected to meet in his back-water of Life's tumultuous river.","brand":"WDS Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101341663472,"sku":"2940016377636","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016377636_p0.jpg?v=1763634625","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016377636","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}