{"product_id":"9781466857216","title":"The Drowning Ground: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut here, in the quaint ceaseless calm of an English vil­lage, it is  hard to imagine a life beyond. From the outside, everything seems to  make sense. Everything has its place. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy friends are open and  unsuspecting. There is none of the natural suspicion of the  Argentinian. . . For me, it's unbeliev­able in a way.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor two  decades after being forced to leave his native Argentina, Detective  Chief Inspector Guillermo Downes has sought tranquility in the orderly  life of the English Cotswolds. But violence can strike just as suddenly  in the countryside as it can in Buenos Aires.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the body of  wealthy landowner Frank Hurst is found with a pitchfork through his  neck, it brings back disturbing memories of former mysteries. Hurst's  wife drowned in their swimming pool-an official accident, though many  villagers have their doubts. And what about the two young girls who were  abducted years before, with some possible links to Hurst that were  never proven?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''It's something truly terrible to make someone  disap­pear,'' Downes tells his partner. Because the family never know,  you see.\" Years ago he had promised the vanished girls' mothers to find  their daughters, and as the ripples from Hurst's death spread through  the village, there is fresh hope that he might finally make good on that  promise, no matter what it costs the community or himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the kind of insights into life in a seemingly peaceful village that made \u003ci\u003eBroadchurch\u003c\/i\u003e so powerful, James Marrison's \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning Ground\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a terrific new voice in crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141303025904,"sku":"9781466857216","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781466857216_p0.jpg?v=1769891699","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781466857216","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}