{"product_id":"9781911095187","title":"The Spirit Murder Mystery: An Algernon Vereker Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThrusting his pipe in his pocket, he crossed to his writing desk. Extracting a heavy army-pattern revolver from a drawer, he began silently to search the whole ground floor of the house.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEileen Thurlow, an ardent devotee of spiritualism, persuades her uncle John to join her in a séance which produces the eerie sound of organ music. Later that same night John Thurlow disappears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA day later two bodies, one of them John Thurlow’s, are found in a field half a mile away. Victims of supernatural vengeance, a fatal duel… or base murder?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlgernon Vereker, sojourning in the neighbourhood, is eager to investigate the mystery, however chilling its premise. He is joined by Inspector Heather of the Yard, and his trusty, high-spirited friend Ricky, to solve a crime which might send shivers up the spine of even a committed sceptic. \u003cem\u003eThe Spirit Murder Mystery\u003c\/em\u003e (1936) is another satisfying but merry mystery, the fifth and last of the Algernon Vereker novels. It includes a new introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘Mr. Forsythe belongs to the new school of detective story writers which might be called the brilliant flippant school.’ \u003cem\u003eJ.B. Priestley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050401054960,"sku":"9781911095187","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911095187_p0.jpg?v=1763631367","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911095187","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}