{"product_id":"2940152596731","title":"A January Killing","description":"\u003cp\u003eJanuary, white frost, a pitch-black night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite the cold, Detective Inspector Zig Batten is enjoying his first West Country 'Wassail' - and ancient apple-orchard ceremony. His partner's young daughter is this year's Wassail Queen. A torchlight procession ends in the ritual firing of shotguns to scare 'evil spirits' from the trees and trigger this year's apple blossom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut not every shotgun fires blanks, and next day it's a dead body that has blossomed in the orchard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is the killer's motive? Why this victim? And who is sending anonymous letters to the villagers of Stockton Marsh, where Batten's own Sergeant lives?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinter closes in, but murder does not stop with the dead - it tunnels into the living too, as Batten and Ball discover. Will their own endangered lives and relationships ever be quite the same?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs snow descends, the police make ready. Until another body is found...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Toolan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186475745520,"sku":"2940152596731","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940152596731_p0.jpg?v=1764026838","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940152596731","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}