{"product_id":"death-among-the-ruins-9781448306145","title":"Death Among the Ruins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMidnight assignations, dresses fit to meet the queen . . . and murder most horrid! Printer's apprentice Lucy Campion investigates a puzzling death in this thrilling historical mystery set in \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eseventeenth-century London.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon, 1668. \u003c\/i\u003ePrinter's apprentice Lucy Campion is suspicious when she meets a young ragpicker who claims to have fine clothes to sell from a lady of quality. Are the garments stolen . . . or a sign of something worse? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHer suspicions are soon realized when the clothes are identified as belonging to a recently deceased elderly aristocrat. Young Mercy Sykes has robbed a grave! Mercy is arrested, and it's only thanks to Lucy's intervention that the ragpicker, who's struggling to support her family, isn't locked up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLucy doesn't expect to see Mercy again, but their meeting soon has unexpected consequences. For when Mercy finds a dead woman in the ruins of Christchurch, dressed in unexpected finery, it's to Lucy who she turns for help . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucy Campion is a feisty working-class heroine, plying her trade as a printer's apprentice in Renaissance London. If you're new to the series (it's safe to jump right in), we can't wait for you to meet her in this twisty, puzzle-packed historical mystery, brimming with authenticity!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusanna Calkins \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the award-winning Lucy Campion mystery series, set in seventeenth-century London, and the Speakeasy mysteries, set in Prohibition-era Chicago. She has a PhD in history and works at Northwestern University. Born and raised in Philadelphia, she currently lives in the Chicago area with her husband and two sons.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Severn House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555245396242,"sku":"9781448306145","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8235cd6-7a13-4431-911b-558843096dc4.jpg?v=1731727231","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-among-the-ruins-9781448306145","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}