{"product_id":"cold-blooded-myrtle-9781643753065","title":"Cold-Blooded Myrtle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Edgar\u003c\/b\u003e(R)\u003cb\u003e Award Winning Series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMyrtle Hardcastle--twelve-year-old Young Lady of Quality and Victorian amateur detective--is back on the case, solving a string of bizarre murders in her hometown of Swinburne and picking up right where she left off in \u003ci\u003ePremeditated Myrtle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow to Get Away with Myrtle\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the proprietor of Leighton's Mercantile is found dead on the morning his annual Christmas shop display is to be unveiled, it's clear a killer had revenge in mind. But who would want to kill the local dry-goods merchant? Perhaps someone who remembers the mysterious scandal that destroyed his career as a professor and archaeologist. When the killer strikes again, each time manipulating the figures in the display to foretell the crime, Myrtle finds herself racing to uncover the long-buried facts of a cold case--and the motivations of a modern murderer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBunce, Elizabeth C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eElizabeth C. Bunce\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on a steady diet of Sherlock Holmes, Trixie Belden, and \u003ci\u003eQuincy, M.E.\u003c\/i\u003e, and always played the lead prosecutor in mock trial. She has never had a governess, and no one has ever accused her of being irrepressible, but a teacher did once call her \"argumentative\"--which was \u003ci\u003eentirely\u003c\/i\u003e untrue, and she can prove it. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and their cats. You can find her online at elizabethcbunce.com.","brand":"Little, Brown Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50626347172114,"sku":"9781643753065","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c95641d3-361f-4c1d-a6eb-76f34827c9b3.jpg?v=1748685411","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cold-blooded-myrtle-9781643753065","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}