{"product_id":"9780749015428","title":"The Sweet Smell of Decay","description":"Restoration London, 1664, brought vividly to life, with all the sights, sounds and smells of a teeming city, and loaded with intrigue and crawling with treachery. Harry Lytle has just discovered he has a young cousin, Anne Giles. But he's had the pleasure of meeting her for the first time as a corpse. With some robust assistance from David Dowling, a witty, impressively well-built, but hygiene-deficient, butcher, Harry sets out to track down Anne's killer. Together they follow a trail of blood, conspiracy and corruption that takes them to the dark and murky corners of London, featuring a great cast of ne'er-do-wells, cheeky wenches, harmless witches, likable villains, and a few unsavory fellows keen on sending Lytle and his companion to an early grave\u003cp\u003eREVIEWS \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Paul Lawrence puts his research to excellent use, conjuring up an atmosphere of decay and decadence, and portraying characters that quite literally ooze from their varied ailments.\"\u003cbr\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allison \u0026 Busby, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47025575559408,"sku":"9780749015428","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780749015428_p0.jpg?v=1763636614","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780749015428","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}