{"product_id":"9781401342876","title":"The Pleasures of Men","description":"July 1840: The young Queen Victoria has just entered her third year on the throne when a major recession brings London's desperate and destitute into its sweltering streets. While the city crackles with tension, orphaned Catherine Sorgeiul stays locked away in her uncle's home, a peculiar place where death masks adorn the walls and certain rooms are strictly forbidden. Nineteen years old and haunted by a dark past, Catherine becomes obsessed with a series of terrible murders of young girls sweeping the city. Details of the crimes are especially gruesome--the victims' hair has been newly plaited and thrust into their mouths, and their limbs are grotesquely folded behind them, like wounded birds--and the serial killer is soon nicknamed the Man of Crows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine begins writing stories about the victims--women on their own and vulnerable in the big city--and gradually the story of the murderer as well. But she soon realizes that she has involved herself in a web of betrayal, deceit, and terror that threatens her and all those around her. A remarkable fiction debut, \u003ci\u003eThe Pleasures of Men\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping and spine-tingling thriller.","brand":"Hachette Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47151855632624,"sku":"9781401342876","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781401342876_p0.jpg?v=1763714548","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781401342876","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}