{"product_id":"2940169899801","title":"A Pinchbeck Bride: Sequel to The Fisher Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eA young woman dressed in Victorian finery \u003cspan\u003eis found strangled\u003c\/span\u003e in Mingo House, a morbid brownstone and museum, a nineteenth-century time capsule in Boston¿s Back Bay. Dubbed the ¿Victorian Girl¿ by the media everywhere, she becomes the eye of a hurricane of publicity and speculation and of a darkness reaching back to the Mingo family¿s roots in England¿and to the builders of the mansion, a Civil War arms dealer and his séance-holding wife.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoston comic Mark Winslow and the other trustees of Mingo House are divided as to whether the place is sustainable as a museum. Trustee chairman Rudy Schmitz, the brash entrepreneur, seems convinced that the porous roof and escalating rain damage will doom the place. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadia Gulbenkian, the last of the old-guard trustees, is accusing Rudy of engineering the museum¿s demise. Software executive Jon Kim and a dubious collector of saints¿ bones and art are pursuing their own clandestine agendas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMingo House itself seems cursed for its origins in bullets and cannonballs and for the family¿s reputed connection to the execution of King Charles I. A number of people believe its walls conceal treasure¿a stolen royal monstrance¿and are willing to do anything to retrieve it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this sequel to \u003cem\u003eThe Fisher Boy\u003c\/em\u003e, pierced college students clash with flawed Brahmin blue bloods, and the Gothic with the high tech. As the deaths and threats multiply, one question resounds: will anyone or anything survive this summer of rain, of deluge¿Mingo House or its terrified staff?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Blackstone Audio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150371635440,"sku":"2940169899801","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169899801_p0.jpg?v=1769902496","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169899801","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}