{"product_id":"9781782273639","title":"The Master Key","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe prizewinning debut mystery from one of Japan's best-loved crime writers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe K Apartments for Ladies are occupied by over a hundred unmarried women, once young and lively, now grown and old - and in some cases, evil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir residence conceals a secret, a secret connecting the unsolved kidnapping in 1951 of four-year-old George Kraft to the clandestine burial of a child's body in the basement bath-house. So, when news comes that the building must be moved to make way for a road-building project, more than one tenant waits with apprehension for the grisly revelation that will follow. Then the master key is lost, stolen and re-stolen, and suddenly no-one feels safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFiendish intrigue, double identity and an ingenious plot make this a thriller worthy of comparison with the work of P.D. James.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Steerforth Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47042778956016,"sku":"9781782273639","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781782273639_p0.jpg?v=1763719643","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781782273639","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}