{"product_id":"9780727887658","title":"False Pride","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eA brown leather briefcase containing priceless family jewels brings chaos and carnage to Bea’s ordered life in the latest lively Abbot Agency mystery.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLooking forward to a peaceful weekend, Bea Abbot’s plans are disrupted by the unexpected arrival of one of her clients, bearing a brown leather briefcase full of expensive jewellery. Magda Summerleys has been working as a housekeeper for wealthy art expert Lucas Rycroft who, she says, entrusted her with the briefcase for safekeeping – and who seems to have disappeared without trace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn into the tangled affairs of the dysfunctional Rycrofts, Bea soon discovers that other members of the family are determined to get their hands on the jewels – by whatever means necessary. Also caught up in the chaos is her ex-husband Piers, who had been commissioned to paint Lucas Rycroft’s portrait. Then a body is discovered at Lucas’s home …and events begin to spiral out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Severn House Pub Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47028623212784,"sku":"9780727887658","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780727887658_p0.jpg?v=1763625807","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780727887658","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}