{"product_id":"9781464206498","title":"A Scream in Soho: A British Library Crime Classic","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘For a scream in the early hours of the morning in Soho, even from a female throat, to stop dead in his tracks a hard-boiled constable, it had to be something entirely out of the ordinary.’\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoho during the blackouts of the Second World War. When a piercing scream rends the air and a bloodied knife is found, Detective Inspector McCarthy is soon on the scene. He must move through the dark, seedy Soho underworld– peopled by Italian gangsters, cross-dressing German spies and glamorous Austrian aristocrats – as he attempts to unravel the connection between the mysterious Madame Rohner and the theft of secret anti-aircraft defence plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis evocative and suspenseful London novel from the golden age of British detective fiction is now republished for the first time since the 1950s, with an introduction by the award-winning crime novelist Martin Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031227842800,"sku":"9781464206498","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781464206498_p0.jpg?v=1763682882","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781464206498","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}