{"product_id":"2940044613966","title":"The Witch of Maple Park (A Harry Grouch Mystery)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The Witch of Maple Park\" is an Eric Hoffer Book Award Grand Prize finalist and First Runner Up in the Ebook Fiction category. It is compelling fiction inspired by a true story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe True Story: On Christmas Eve, 1843, on Staten Island, N.Y., Emeline Houseman and her baby are gruesomely axe murdered and dismembered. Her sister-in-law, Polly Bodine is accused of the crime and branded \"The Witch of Staten Island.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe New Story: On Christmas Eve, 1993, in a Detroit suburb, Kathy Black Marlowe, a blind jazz singer and her dog, are similarly axe murdered and dismembered. Her sister-in-law, Polly Marlowe, is accused of the killing and branded \"The Witch of Maple Park.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cantankerous private eye, Harry Grouch, and his attractive lover\/sidekick, Judy Pacas, are one gut-wrenching step ahead of a ruthless Prosecuting Attorney and Police Chief, both of whom are conspiring to pin the grisly slaying on Polly Marlowe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd how to explain the astonishing parallels between the tales of the two Polly's? Coincidence? Reincarnation? Prevarication? Harry Grouch must decide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Robert Tell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47148420071664,"sku":"2940044613966","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044613966_p0.jpg?v=1763664942","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044613966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}