{"product_id":"9781909807549","title":"Carnal Acts","description":"\u003cp\u003eA major departure for an acclaimed crime novelist writing under a pseudonym. Detective Inspector Joni Pax, a London homicide detective wounded in a disastrous raid, is transferred to the newly formed Police Force of North East England. Her boss, Detective Chief Inspector Hector 'Heck' Rutherford, is recently back at work after a cancer treatment that has shaken his confidence. Based in Corham, Paz and Rutherford investigate a murder at a brothel run by the Albanian mafia. In a series of breathtaking plot twists, the author explores the corruption that underpins the beautiful northern English countryside as well as hinting at a mysterious world beyond the horizon. Carnal Acts explores abuse of many kinds - sexual, psychological, economic - taking the police procedural to places it has never been before. \"[An] exciting, gritty thriller. . . Although lurid and graphic, the book is an enthralling tale, rather than an exploitative one.\"—Publishers Weekly, Aug. 4, 2014\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040110035184,"sku":"9781909807549","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781909807549_p0.jpg?v=1763625317","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781909807549","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}