{"product_id":"the-birdcage-library-9781454954910","title":"The Birdcage Library","description":"\u003cb\u003eSpanning Gilded Age New York society to the 1930s Scottish Highlands, this gothic novel is a mystery within a mystery, featuring a compelling heroine, an engrossing puzzle with fiendish clues, and not one but three big twists.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e It's 1932: Scottish adventuress and plant-hunter (and surviving twin) Emily Blackwood, now living in Australia, accepts a commission from Heinrich Vogel, a former dealer of exotic animals in Manhattan. Vogel now lives with his macabre collection of taxidermy in a remote Scottish castle. Emily is tasked with finding a long-lost treasure that Heinrich believes has been hidden within the castle walls. But instead, she discovers the pages of a diary written by Hester Vogel, who died after falling from the Brooklyn Bridge on the eve of its opening in 1883. Hester's diary leads Emily to an old book, \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcage Library, \u003c\/i\u003e and into a treasure hunt of another kind--one that will take her down a dangerous path for clues, and force her to confront her own darkest secret . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFreya Berry \u003c\/b\u003estudied English literature at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating with honors, and worked for several years as a financial and political journalist at Reuters and then the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Dictator's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, her debut novel, was inspired by the close observation of the wives of some of the world's most powerful leaders. It was a BBC2 Between the Covers pick and shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel award. \u003ci\u003eThe Birdcage Library\u003c\/i\u003e was an Amazon UK Book of the Year 2023 Editor's Pick. Berry is British-Indian and lives in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50878239539474,"sku":"9781454954910","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_80fce78a-1a97-446f-ba2c-2404d36f0c72.jpg?v=1738264762","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-birdcage-library-9781454954910","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}