{"product_id":"2940169205183","title":"The Orphanmaster","description":"From a debut novelist, a gripping historical thriller and rousing love story set in seventeenth-century Manhattan\u003cp\u003eIt's 1663 in the tiny, hardscrabble Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, now present-day southern Manhattan. Orphan children are going missing, and among those looking into the mysterious state of affairs are a quick-witted twenty-two-year-old trader, Blandine von Couvering, herself an orphan, and a dashing British spy named Edward Drummond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuspects abound, including the governor's wealthy nephew, a green-eyed aristocrat with decadent tastes; an Algonquin trapper who may be possessed by a demon that turns people into cannibals; and the colony's own corrupt and conflicted orphanmaster. Both the search for the killer and Edward and Blandine's newfound romance are endangered, however, when Blandine is accused of being a witch and Edward is sentenced to hang for espionage. Meanwhile, war looms as the English king plans to wrest control of the colony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJean Zimmerman brings New Amsterdam and its surrounding wilderness alive for modern-day readers with exacting period detail. Lively, fast paced, and full of colorful characters, \u003ci\u003eThe Orphanmaster\u003c\/i\u003e is a dramatic page-turner that will appeal to fans of Hilary Mantel and Geraldine Brooks.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104484212976,"sku":"2940169205183","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169205183_p0.jpg?v=1763766612","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169205183","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}