{"product_id":"above-the-bay-of-angels-9781542008259","title":"Above the Bay of Angels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"...Sweeping and intimate, warm and gripping. I loved it \" --Louise Penny, #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Gamache novels\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA single twist of fate puts a servant girl to work in Queen Victoria's royal kitchen, setting off a suspenseful, historical mystery by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tuscan Child\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Victory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIsabella Waverly only means to comfort the woman felled on a London street. In her final dying moments, she thrusts a letter into Bella's hand. It's an offer of employment in the kitchens of Buckingham Palace, and everything the budding young chef desperately wants: an escape from the constrictions of her life as a lowly servant. In the stranger's stead, Bella can spread her wings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving as Helen Barton from Yorkshire, she pursues her passion for creating culinary delights, served to the delighted Queen Victoria herself. Best of all, she's been chosen to accompany the queen to Nice. What fortune  Until the threat of blackmail shadows Bella to the Riviera, and a member of the queen's retinue falls ill and dies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving prepared the royal guest's last meal, Bella is suspected of the poisonous crime. An investigation is sure to follow. Her charade will be over. And her new life will come crashing down--if it doesn't send her to the gallows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBowen, Rhys:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eRhys Bowen is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of more than forty novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Victory Garden\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tuscan Child\u003c\/i\u003e, and the World War II-based \u003ci\u003eIn Farleigh Field\u003c\/i\u003e, the winner of the Left Coast Crime Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel and the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel. Bowen's work has won twenty honors to date, including multiple Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity awards. Her books have been translated into many languages, and she has fans around the world, including seventeen thousand Facebook followers. A transplanted Brit, Bowen divides her time between California and Arizona. To learn more about the author, visit www.rhysbowen.com.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lake Union Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50669712113938,"sku":"9781542008259","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_32185b9b-2d17-4a06-a6ba-0ce40dd7a9b0.jpg?v=1733764020","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/above-the-bay-of-angels-9781542008259","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}