{"product_id":"9781904738084","title":"Black Ice","description":"\u003cp\u003e“A natural storyteller who, just like Patricia Highsmith, is interested in teasing out the catastrophes that result from the banal coincidences of daily life.”—\u003ci\u003eWeltwoche\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Erika, an attractive local heiress, falls to her death near her lakeside villa, the police conclude it was a tragic accident. Scholten, a longtime employee of Erika’s, isn’t so sure. He knows a thing or two about the state of her marriage and suspects an almost perfect crime. Scholten’s maverick investigation into the odd, inexplicable details of the death scene soon buys him a ticket for a most dangerous ride.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully crafted thriller, set in a European world of small-town hypocrisy, was a bestseller made into the film \u003ci\u003eGlatteis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2009 \u003cb\u003eHans Werner Kettenbach\u003c\/b\u003e won the Glauser award (Germany's most prestigious crime writing prize) for lifetime literary achievement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bitter Lemon Press, Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039872499952,"sku":"9781904738084","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781904738084_p0.jpg?v=1763613770","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781904738084","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}