{"product_id":"9781471913648","title":"The Borrowed Alibi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'My favourite American crime-writer' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVic Varallo is an ambitious police officer. He and his wife Laura fix up a room for a guest, Ross Duncan, who seems extremely likeable but a little odd. Ross reveals to Vic that he is flat broke, financially crippled by alimony to his ex-wife Helene. That is, until Helene is killed, and Ross charged with her murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut against appearances, Vic believes in Ross's innocence. So he sets to work through a tangled mass of evidence and discovers some very odd things about a certain Mr Reilly, an eccentric old mother - and the dead woman herself . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47176887533808,"sku":"9781471913648","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781471913648_p0.jpg?v=1763597115","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781471913648","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}