{"product_id":"9781775415299","title":"Uncle Silas: A Tale of Bartram-Haugh","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most popular novel by Gothic mystery and thriller writer Sheridan Le Fanu, \u003ci\u003eUncle Silas\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the first of the \"locked room\" mystery genre, and served as the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle's \u003ci\u003eThe Firm of Girdlestone\u003c\/i\u003e. Teenage heiress Maud Ruthyn lives in a mansion with her withdrawn father. She slowly finds out that a man named Silas Ruthyn, a reprobate with a dark mysterious past, is her uncle, although he is now apparently a good Christian. Her uncle's mansion holds a locked room where a man to whom Silas owed a great deal of money allegedly took his own life. Maud's father is steadfast in upholding his brother's innocence, but Maud herself grows increasingly fearful and unsure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Floating Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135470256368,"sku":"9781775415299","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781775415299_p0.jpg?v=1763709385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781775415299","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}