{"product_id":"9781780333533","title":"The Mammoth Book of Dickensian Whodunnits","description":"\u003cp\u003eCharles Dickens created some of the most memorable characters in English literature. But just what became of the convict that frightened young Pip in Great Expectations? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWas he guilty, or framed? And what really did become of Edwin Drood? Was the case ever solved? Mike Ashley presents over 25 vivid new whodunnits from the world of Dickens - recorded for posterity by such writers as Michael Pearce, Amy Myers, Peter Tremayne, Alanna Knight, Kage Baker, and Edward D. Hoch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of the stories feature one or more of Dickens's characters, as a sleuth or as the victim of crime; while others are set in Dickens's real life, with him investigating people closely associated with him, such as Wilkie Collins, Elizabeth Gaskell or Hablot Browne. Interlinking the stories is a narrative that brings alive Dickens's own life and part in the early development of crime sleuthing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories include: \u003ci\u003eMiss Havisham's Revenge\u003c\/i\u003e by Alanna Knight, in which we discover the part Estella Havisham played in the fate of Bentley Drummle; \u003ci\u003eMurder in Murray's Court\u003c\/i\u003e by David Stuart Davies, in which Oliver Twist has to help the Artful Dodger who has been accused of murder; \u003ci\u003eThe Thorn of Anxiety \u003c\/i\u003e by Keith Miles, in which the mystery of Edwin Drood is at last solved; \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Nature \u003c\/i\u003eby Kate Ellis, in which David Copperfield finds himself investigating the disappearance of Edward Murdstone; \u003ci\u003eThe Letter \u003c\/i\u003e by Joan Lock, in which the skills of Inspector Bucket are once again put to the test in solving a crime that apparently never happened.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131347943664,"sku":"9781780333533","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781780333533_p0.jpg?v=1769890962","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781780333533","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}