{"product_id":"2940170519590","title":"A Knife in the Fog: A Mystery Featuring Margaret Harkness and Arthur Conan Doyle","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeptember 1888. A 29-year-old Arthur Conan Doyle practices medicine by day and writes at night. His first Sherlock Holmes story, A Study in Scarlet, although gaining critical and popular success, has only netted him 25 pounds. Embittered by the experience, he vows never to write another \"crime story\". Then a messenger arrives with a mysterious summons from former Prime Minister William Gladstone, asking him to come to London immediately.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce there, he is offered one month's employment to assist the Metropolitan Police as a \"consultant\" in their hunt for the serial killer soon to be known as Jack the Ripper. Doyle agrees on the stipulation his old professor of surgery, Professor Joseph Bell amp;mdash; Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes amp;mdash; agrees to work with him. Bell agrees, and soon the two are joined by Miss Margaret Harkness, an author residing in the East End who knows how to use a Derringer and serves as their guide and companion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePursuing leads through the dank alleys and courtyards of Whitechapel, they come upon the body of a savagely murdered fifth victim. Soon it becomes clear that the hunters have become the hunted when a knife-wielding figure approaches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tantor Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47179630510320,"sku":"2940170519590","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170519590_p0.jpg?v=1763711466","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170519590","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}