{"product_id":"fair-play-9780063360563","title":"Fair Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Louise Hegarty's genre-splicing debut is a treat--clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death.\"--Paul Murray, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lucy Foley, a wonderfully original, genre-breaking literary debut from Ireland that's an homage to the brilliant detective novels of the early twentieth century, a twisty modern murder mystery, and a searing exploration of grief and loss.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year's Eve. It is Benjamin's birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age Murder Mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d'oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else's heart is broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the morning, all of them wake up--except Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Abigail attempts to wrap her mind around her brother's death, an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin's killer. In this mansion, suddenly complete with a butler, gardener and housekeeper, everyone is a suspect, and nothing is quite as it seems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill the culprit be revealed? And how can Abigail, now alone, piece herself back together in the wake of this loss?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGripping and playful, sharp and profoundly moving, \u003cem\u003eFair Play\u003c\/em\u003e plumbs the depths of the human heart while subverting one of our most popular genres.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHegarty, Louise:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLouise Hegarty\u003c\/strong\u003e's work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eBanshee, \u003c\/em\u003ethe\u003cem\u003e Tangerine, \u003c\/em\u003ethe \u003cem\u003eStinging Fly\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eDublin Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and has been featured on BBC Radio 4's \u003cem\u003eShort Works\u003c\/em\u003e. She was the inaugural winner of the Sunday Business Post\u003cem\u003e\/\u003c\/em\u003ePenguin Ireland Short Story Prize. Her short story \"Getting the Electric\" has been optioned by Fíbín Media. She lives in Cork, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52160379617554,"sku":"9780063360563","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b279e162-a77c-4d08-813d-46b0bfb4810c.jpg?v=1775056958","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fair-play-9780063360563","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}