{"product_id":"9781472117038","title":"Gently in the Past","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a lonely thicket of gorse near the Suffolk coast, a man lies dead  on a summers afternoon: Frederick Quennell, amateur yachtsman and head  of a successful local firm of printers. Later examining the site, Chief  Superintendent Gently (newly married to Gabrielle Orbec, and reluctantly  in charge of the investigation) wonders who wanted Quennell dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere  is no shortage of suspects, as the Suffolk police point out. Quennell's  neglected wife is deeply in love with an artist - a man moreover, who's  been suspected of murder once before. What about Raymond Tallis, who  headed the printing firm until Quennell took his place? Tallis's own  family affairs are complex: his brother Arthur drowned in a yachting  accident, with Tallis and Quennell both on board at the time, and Tallis  then married his brother's widow . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tranquil Suffolk  countryside, scented with heather and sea-breezes, Gently sets to work  to disentangle the emotional bonds - the jealousy, love, hatred, and  remorse - that enmesh the dead man's family and friends. And he starts  by contemplating not just one previous death, but two . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135759040752,"sku":"9781472117038","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781472117038_p0.jpg?v=1763597539","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781472117038","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}