{"product_id":"9781780108957","title":"The Property of Lies: A 1930s' historical mystery","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDI Herbert Reardon is drawn into a world of secrets and lies when a body is discovered at a girls’ boarding school. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  1930. When a body is discovered on the premises of the newly-established Maxstead Court School for Girls, Detective Inspector Herbert Reardon is called in to investigate. His wife Ellen having just accepted a job as French teacher, Reardon is alarmed to find the school a hotbed of scandalous secrets, suppressed passions, petty jealousies and wanton schoolgirl cruelty. As he pursues his enquiries, it becomes clear that the dead woman was not who – or what – she claimed to be. Who was she really – and why is Reardon convinced that more than one member of staff is not telling him the whole truth?    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Then a pupil goes missing – and the case takes a disturbing new twist …","brand":"Severn House Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135368806640,"sku":"9781780108957","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780108957_p0.jpg?v=1769891034","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780108957","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}