{"product_id":"9781635572742","title":"A Shot in the Dark: A Constable Twitten Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wryly entertaining new crime novel from Lynne Truss, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eEats, Shoots and Leaves.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1957, and the famed theater critic A. S. Crystal has come to the British seaside resort of Brighton with something other than the local production of \u003ci\u003eA Shilling in the Meter\u003c\/i\u003e on his mind. Sitting in the Brighton Royal Theater with Sargent Jim Brunswick, Crystal intends to tell the detective the secret he knows about the still-unsolved Aldersgate Stick-Up case of 1945. And yet, just before Crystal names the criminal mastermind involved, he's shot dead in his seat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a new murder case on his hands and a fatuous, lazy captain at the helm of the police department, Sergeant Jim Brunswick and his colleague—the keen and clever Constable Twitten—set out to solve the decade-old mystery of the Aldersgate Stick-Up. As the partners venture deep into the criminal underworld that lies beneath Brighton's holiday-happy veneer, they begin to discover a criminal conspiracy that dates back decades. But will Brunswick and Twitten be able to foil the mastermind, or will Crystal's death become just another unsolved crime in this seemingly peaceful seaside city?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith her characteristic wit, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Lynne Truss introduces readers to a cast of eccentric policeman and scheming criminals in a drolly delightful mystery you won't want to miss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47046769049840,"sku":"9781635572742","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781635572742_p0.jpg?v=1763683047","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781635572742","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}