{"product_id":"9780547541730","title":"The Lost Luggage Porter","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eThe Necropolis Railway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackpool Highflyer\u003c\/i\u003e “succeeds brilliantly at re-creating a railwayman’s lot” (\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e It is winter 1906 and Jim Stringer has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, “a human directory to everything in York,” tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the English Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris with the thieves, his plight made even worse when his wife is threatened. Can Jim get to her before the villains do?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Page-turning, confidently written.” —\u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Riveting . . . Plenty of action, plot twists and moral quandaries help this engaging mystery pick up steam.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Stringer’s third adventure has the same engaging voice and lively splashes of historical color as his others.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113362833648,"sku":"9780547541730","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780547541730_p0.jpg?v=1769896458","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780547541730","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}