{"product_id":"2940149424276","title":"The Spiders Banquet","description":"A young woman goes to an isolated Warwickshire monastery to visit her brother, who is a monk there. Her sister drops her off at the door. The girl meets her brother in the parlour; they say goodbye and part; and she is never seen again. A search of the buildings and grounds finally reveals her body buried in a shallow grave in the monastery cemetery. The monks, however, have a cast-iron alibi: they were all in chapel at the time of her death. Then the abbot receives a mysterious telephone-call. A man’s voice threatens to hand evidence of the murder to the police – and so incriminate one of the monks - unless the monastery puts up for public auction its most treasured possession, a unique mediaeval manuscript, and donates the proceeds to charity. Is this blackmail or a hoax? As the events unfold, the inspector and his sergeant become less and less sure of what is fact and what is fiction, and the inspector begins to fear for his newly-won promotion. The case takes him to a castle in Italy, a town-house in southern France, a laboratory in Cambridge and the home of a professor of music outside Lincoln; but the solution arrives unexpectedly in his own sitting-room.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this stylish story written in the classic tradition of British detective fiction, the author intrigues, informs and entertains in equal measure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook reviews online: Published Bestsellers @    www.publishedbestsellers.com","brand":"Pneuma Springs Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068061991152,"sku":"2940149424276","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149424276_p0.jpg?v=1763716858","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149424276","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}