{"product_id":"9781911095286","title":"The Witness on the Roof: A Golden Age Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGlancing at her more closely, he noticed dark stains on her white gown. Horror-struck, he bent over her for a moment, and realised that it was unmistakably a corpse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eLittle Polly Spencer liked to visit her hiding place up on the London rooftops, to escape a scolding or worse from her stepmother. Peeping through a studio window, she sees what looks like a burglary. But signs of robbery are merely a cover for murder - and the young figure on the roof seemingly the only witness to the crime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePolly is sent to live with her well-born mother’s family, her secret kept from the police. More than a decade later, she has become Lady Warchester, the wife of a wealthy titled man—yet, in a world utterly removed from her childhood, she will finally face the pale-faced killer she glimpsed through the window all those years ago. And the danger of having seen too much is about to become acute…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Witness on the Roof\u003c\/i\u003e (1925) is a classic of early golden age crime fiction. This new edition, the first in over eighty years, features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Miss Haynes has a sense of character; her people are vivid and not the usual puppets of detective fiction.” \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47158006481136,"sku":"9781911095286","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911095286_p0.jpg?v=1763630337","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911095286","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}