{"product_id":"9781780106151","title":"The Lost and the Blind","description":"\u003cb\u003eA mystery in modern-day rural Ireland may have roots in World War II, in this thriller by a “fine dramatic writer and storyteller” (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The elderly German, Karl Uxkull, was either senile or desperate for attention. Why else would he concoct a tale of Nazi atrocity on the remote island of Delphi, off the coast of Donegal? And why \u003ci\u003enow\u003c\/i\u003e, sixty years after the event, just when Irish-American billionaire Shay Govern has tendered for a gold prospecting license in Lough Swilly?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Journalist Tom Noone doesn’t want to know. With his young daughter Emily to provide for, and a new ghostwriting commission for Shay Govern’s biography, the timing is all wrong. Besides, can it be mere coincidence that Karl Uxkull’s tale bears an uncanny resemblance to a thriller written by spy novelist Sebastian Devereaux, the reclusive English author who has spent the past fifty years holed up on Delphi?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But when a body is discovered drowned, Tom and Emily find themselves running for their lives in pursuit of the truth that is their only hope of survival.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Burke has a real knack for dialogue and phrasing.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Readers . . . will be rewarded with an unholy Chinese box of a thriller. Make that an Irish-German box.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Severn House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182775386352,"sku":"9781780106151","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780106151_p0.jpg?v=1769891074","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780106151","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}