{"product_id":"9781471918049","title":"The Whipping Boys","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs Miss Maggs made her way nervously home, a clock stuck one, the town's lights were switched off and footsteps sounded behind her. She broke into a desperate run. Later the doctor pronounced that she had literally died of fright.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a provincial town, who was there to suspect but the rowdy gang led by Nick Salter? But Nick's young wife swore to an alibi for him and so Sergeant Brent - a trifle embarrassed as a beneficiary under the will of the deceased - must look deeper into a case in which teenagers might too easily be made the whipping boys for the crimes of others.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47129613107440,"sku":"9781471918049","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781471918049_p0.jpg?v=1763597129","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781471918049","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}