{"product_id":"death-of-an-avid-reader-a-kate-shackleton-mystery-9781250067500","title":"Death of an Avid Reader: A Kate Shackleton Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn intricate plot set in the 1920s English countryside and Frances Brody's \"refreshingly complex heroine\" (\u003c\/i\u003eKirkus\u003ci\u003e) Kate Shackleton make \u003c\/i\u003eDeath of an Avid Reader\u003ci\u003e an absorbing 6th installment in this mystery series.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Search for a Daughter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lady Coulton gave up the baby that would have ruined her marriage, born when Lord Coulton was abroad. Now that her husband is dying, she asks Kate to find Sophia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Haunted Library\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is forty years since the ghost of a dead librarian haunted the old library, yet the stories have begun again. Kate does not believe in ghosts but obligingly takes part in a ceremony to expel the restless spirit. Shockingly, there is a body in the basement, strangled, and covered in dusty volumes from a fallen bookcase. It is Dr. Potter, a mathematician. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eA Killer on the Loose\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Potter's body is taken away. The police find a sick man sheltering in the basement. He is an Italian, Umberto, an organ grinder and owner of a lively Capuchin monkey. Umberto becomes the prime suspect and will be charged with murder. Kate goes with Umberto to the infirmary. But he is too weak to be a suspect. And now Kate must set out to find the real culprit...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFRANCES BRODY lives in Leeds. She is the author of the Kate Shackleton mystery series, starting with \u003ci\u003eDying in the Wool, A Medal for Murder, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMurder in the Afternoon.\u003c\/i\u003e Before turning to crime, she wrote historical sagas, winning the HarperCollins Elizabeth Elgin Award for most regionally evocative debut saga of the millennium.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Minotaur Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527533269266,"sku":"9781250067500","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2cf38079-dd51-4de5-a14e-8a6ca566662e.jpg?v=1731304809","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/death-of-an-avid-reader-a-kate-shackleton-mystery-9781250067500","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}