{"product_id":"9781849017312","title":"The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOur dark past brought to life by leading contemporary crime writers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA new generation of crime writers has broadened the genre of crime fiction, creating more human stories of historical realism, with a stronger emphasis on character and the psychology of crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis superb anthology of 12 novellas encompasses over 4,000 years of our dark, criminal past, from Bronze Age Britain to the eve of the Second World War, with stories set in ancient Greece, Rome, the Byzantine Empire, medieval Venice, seventh-century Ireland and 1930s' New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Byzantine icon painter, suddenly out of work when icons are banned, becomes embroiled in a case of deception; Charles Babbage and the young Ada Byron try to crack a coded message and stop a master criminal; and New York detectives are on the lookout for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDeirdre Counihan, Tom Holt, Dorothy Lumley, Richard A. Lupoff, Maan Meyers, Ian Morson, Anne Perry, Tony Pollard, Mary Reed and Eric Mayer, Steven Saylor, Charles Todd, Peter Tremayne\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47182540472560,"sku":"9781849017312","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849017312_p0.jpg?v=1763752201","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849017312","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}