{"product_id":"9781453210796","title":"The Veiled One","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eInspector Wexford searches for answers after an elderly woman is murdered in this “spellbinder” from a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling author (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Chief Inspector Wexford enters the parking garage, the woman is already dead, slumped between two cars, concealed under a velvet shroud. The inspector doesn’t even notice her as he drives away. Only later, when he sees on the news that an old woman was garroted in the shopping mall garage, does he realize how close he was to discovering the body. In a case that starts with a hidden corpse, the truth will be dangerously elusive.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Before Wexford can sink his teeth into the elderly woman’s murder, he is nearly killed himself—by a politically motivated car bombing targeting his daughter. With the inspector in the hospital, the case falls to his partner, the intrepid Mike Burden, who must solve both mysteries before the shopping mall killer strikes again.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The winner of three Edgar Awards, Ruth Rendell was one of the finest mystery authors of the twentieth century. Inspector Wexford was one of her most beloved creations, and \u003ci\u003eThe Veiled One\u003c\/i\u003e is another “stunning” entry in the series (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media Mystery \u0026 Thriller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128739840240,"sku":"9781453210796","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781453210796_p0.jpg?v=1769907574","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781453210796","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}