{"product_id":"9780143123538","title":"The Orphanmaster: A Novel of Early Manhattan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA love story wrapped around a murder mystery, set in seventeenth-century Manhattan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1663 in the hardscrabble colony of New Amsterdam—today’s lower Manhattan—orphan children are going missing and residents suspect a serial killer. The list of possible culprits is long and strange. Among those looking into the mystery are a shrewd young Dutch woman, Blandine van Couvering, and a dashing Englishman, Edward Drummond, whose newfound romance is threatened by horrible accusations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            In this spellbinding work of historical fiction, Jean Zimmerman relates the harsh realities of life in early Manhattan, re-creating the sights, smells, and textures of the rough settlement surrounded by wilderness and subject to political turmoil. Compulsively readable and filled with New York history, \u003ci\u003eThe Orphanmaster\u003c\/i\u003e will delight fans of Caleb Carr, Hilary Mantel, and Geraldine Brooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022780350704,"sku":"9780143123538","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780143123538_p0.jpg?v=1763656936","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780143123538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}