{"product_id":"9781911095538","title":"Beggar's Choice: A Golden Age Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Do you want to make 500 pounds? If you do and are willing to earn it, write to...”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo reads the handbill thrust on Car Fairfax. He is literally down and out, for the soles of his shoes had gone long ago and the uppers show a crack which mean doom to his hopes of a job. And he has just met Isobel: Isobel whom he had not seen for three long, weary years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Car’s road back to fortune is beset by mystifying experiences involving his cousin Anna; a precise gentleman in neat clothes and pince-nez; and a job whose sole duties – apparently – consist of dining in a fashionable restaurant. And then he is caught in a web which leads to the unravelling of the mystery surrounding his cousin Anna and finally to danger which threatens both Isobel and himself…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeggar’s Choice\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1930. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When I pick up a book by Patricia Wentworth I think, now to enjoy myself – and I always do.” Mary Dell, \u003cem\u003eDaily Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051562451184,"sku":"9781911095538","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781911095538_p0.jpg?v=1763630030","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911095538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}