{"product_id":"9781911579014","title":"The Golden Dagger: A Bobby Owen Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Why should anyone want to pinch the dagger—except to do somebody in?”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo one answered this question.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eItem: one anonymous phone call reporting a murder at a historic country house – but no body is to be found. Item: one ornate antique knife, discovered in a village call-box, blood-stains on the blade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than identifying a corpse, Bobby Owen of the Yard has to find out who, if anyone, has actually \u003cem\u003ebeen\u003c\/em\u003e killed. Two persons, one a best-selling author, the other no-one’s cup of tea, are missing but a particular kind of hat keep turning up in the case – which also involves a haunted wood, a hatchet-wielding secretary, and a curious abundance of writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Golden Dagger\u003c\/em\u003e is the twenty-ninth novel in the Bobby Owen Mystery series, originally published in 1951. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans, and a selection of E.R. Punshon’s prolific \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e reviews of other golden age mystery fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What is distinction? … in the works of Mr. E.R. Punshon we salute it every time.”--Dorothy L. Sayers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50023695778032,"sku":"9781911579014","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781911579014","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}