{"product_id":"9781848548732","title":"The Man in the Snow: A Christmas Crime (a John Shakespeare story)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*****FANS OF THE EXPLOSIVE BBC TV SERIES 'GUNPOWDER' STARRING KIT HARRINGTON will love the \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebestselling \u003ci\u003eJohn Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e series of Tudor spy thrillers from Rory Clements, winner of the Ellis Peters Historical Fiction Award*****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[Clements] does for Elizabeth's reign what CJ Sansom does for Henry VIII's' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e**********\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a reluctant John Shakespeare answers a plea for help from Joshua Peace, Searcher of the Dead, a few days before Christmas, he cannot know what lies ahead. A naked man has been found in a snowdrift, a wreath of holly crowning his head and a bullet in his back. But it is no ordinary corpse. Shakespeare recognises him as Giovanni Jesu, a black man from Venice, a close associate - and some say much more - of the disgraced Earl of Oxford.  Who would kill such a man and why? As all around him prepare for the festive season, Shakespeare must unravel a complex plot of passion and treachery and confront a cold-blooded murderer who will not hesitate to kill again.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47150410760432,"sku":"9781848548732","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781848548732_p0.jpg?v=1763751268","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781848548732","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}