{"product_id":"foul-play-at-four-9780425251775","title":"Foul Play at Four","description":"\u003cb\u003eShe's worked through all the days of the week, turning up clues and scrubbing up both messes and murderers in the village of Long Farnden. But crime is a persistent stain, and Lois Meade is finding that sleuthing is rarely a spotless endeavor... \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMagistrate Mrs. Tollervey-Jones represents the upper crust of the village, although nowadays she lives alone at the Farnden Hall estate without a staff to attend to her. Fortunately, Lois Meade's cleaning company visits twice a week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Lois's help is needed elsewhere as a series of robberies begins to plague Long Farnden. Lois's own daughter is shaken when a thief robs her grocery store till. Good thing Josie's got a policeman for a fiancé--he's on the culprit's trail soon afterward. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore he can crack the case, though, someone cracks Lois's husband on the head when he stops in to check on Mrs. Tollervey-Jones and interrupts a burglary. Now Lois--in collaboration once again with the besotted Inspector Cowgill--must determine who cleaned out the magistrate's mansion, and clean up after an increasingly violent crime spree...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Purser \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Market Harborough in Leicestershire and has lived most of her life in villages. She has turned her hand to many things, including journalism (as a columnist for \u003ci\u003eSHE \u003c\/i\u003emagazine), keeper of hens and donkeys, art gallery manager, clerical assistant in a village school, Open University graduate, novelist, mother of three, wife of Philip Purser, critic and writer. She is an avid reader of detective stories.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Berkley Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51414707568914,"sku":"9780425251775","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5c984bcf-c4e9-41a5-9857-e04f710ded36.jpg?v=1751126556","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/foul-play-at-four-9780425251775","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}