{"product_id":"9781910570982","title":"Let Him Lie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMurder begins with the death of a kitten…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Artist Jeanie Halliday is thrilled to move into a country cottage of her own, next door to the home of her dear childhood friend Agnes. But the countryside idyll isn’t quite what she might have expected: Agnes is suddenly and unaccountably unfriendly for one thing; and then the neighbours are a little peculiar - old Mr Fone, obsessed with burial mounds; the scandalous Hugh Barchard; and an estranged mother taken to brandishing pistols around.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Soon after the feline victim is found, a shot is heard - the corpse of Robert Molyneux, Agnes’s husband, is discovered with a bullet in his brain. Was Molyneux a meddler in sacred places, a secret lothario… or simply a man who knew too much? And how does the unfortunate cat fit in? It will fall to Jeanie to assist the local police superintendent and fit the pieces of a baffling mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet Him Lie\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic golden age detective story from 1940, written by a queen of the form. It includes a new introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141249417456,"sku":"9781910570982","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910570982_p0.jpg?v=1763626954","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910570982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}