{"product_id":"2940170270101","title":"Inspector French and the Box Office Murders","description":"From the Collins Crime Club archive, the fifth Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed amp;lsquo;The King of Detective Story Writersamp;rsquo;.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PUZZLE OF THE PURPLE SICKLE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe suicide of a sales clerk at the box office of a London cinema leaves another girl in fear for her life. Persuaded to seek help from Scotland Yard, Miss Darke confides in Inspector Joseph French about a gambling scam by a mysterious trio of crooks and that she believes her friend was murdered. When the girl fails to turn up the next day, and the police later find her body, Frenchamp;rsquo;s inquiries reveal that similar girls have also been murdered, all linked by their jobs and by a sinister stranger with a purple scar . . .","brand":"HarperCollins UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47161807143152,"sku":"2940170270101","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170270101_p0.jpg?v=1763794868","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170270101","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}