{"product_id":"9781605987194","title":"The Art of the English Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe history of the evolution of the traditional English murder, from Jack the Ripper and Sherlock Holmes to the cozy crimes of the Golden Age.\u003c\/p\u003e Murder—a dark, shameful deed, the last resort of the desperate or a vile tool of the greedy. And a very strange obsession. But where did this fixation develop? And what does it tell us about ourselves?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Our fascination with crimes like these became a form of national entertainment, inspiring novels and plays, prose and paintings, poetry and true-crime journalism. At a point during the birth of the modern era, murder entered the popular psyche, and it’s been a part of us ever since.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the English Murder\u003c\/em\u003e is a unique exploration of the art of crime—and a riveting investigation into the English criminal soul by one of our finest historians.","brand":"Pegasus Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47133869474032,"sku":"9781605987194","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781605987194_p0.jpg?v=1763829371","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781605987194","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}