{"product_id":"9782709656382","title":"Club Dumas","description":" \"A cross between Umberto Eco and Anne Rice. . . .Think of \u003ci\u003eThe Club Dumas\u003c\/i\u003e as a beach book for intellectuals.\" \u003ci\u003e—New York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucas Corso, middle-aged, tired, and cynical, is a book detective, a mercenary hired to hunt down rare editions for wealthy and unscrupulous clients. When a well-known bibliophile is found hanged, leaving behind part of the original manuscript of Alexandre Dumas's \u003ci\u003eThe Three Musketeers,\u003c\/i\u003e Corso is brought in to authenticate the fragment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe task seems straightforward, but the unsuspecting Corso is soon drawn into a swirling plot involving devil worship, occult practices, and swashbuckling derring-do among a cast of characters bearing a suspicious resemblance to those of Dumas's masterpiece. Aided by a mysterious beauty named for a Conan Doyle heroine, Corso travels from Madrid to Toledo to Paris in pursuit of a sinister and seemingly omniscient killer. Part mystery, part puzzle, part witty intertextual game, \u003ci\u003eThe Club Dumas\u003c\/i\u003e is a wholly original intellectual thriller by the internationally bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flanders Panel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Seville Communion.\u003c\/i\u003e  ","brand":"JC Lattès","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47164942352624,"sku":"9782709656382","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9782709656382_p0.jpg?v=1763697541","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9782709656382","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}