{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-painted-ladies-an-anthony-bathurst-mystery-9781914150678","title":"The Case of the Painted Ladies: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I cannot tell you of your future - because there is no future for you.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree remarkable things happen to Aubrey Coventry in one day. First, he is contacted by Wall Street financier Silas Montgomery with a lucrative business proposition - although Montgomery insists on meeting him at two a.m. the following day. Second, at a village garden party, a fortune teller cannot read his future, as he does not have one. And thirdly, a shabbily-dressed man reacts with a vicious snarl when simply asked for a light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fortune teller is proven correct when Coventry is found dead in his office the next morning. Private Detective Anthony Bathurst finds himself on the trail of the snarling man, reported to have been following Coventry in the night. To unmask the culprit, however, Bathurst is going to need help from some very special friends . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Painted Ladies\u003c\/em\u003e was first published in 1940. This new edition features an introduction by Steve Barge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlynn, Brian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Brian Flynn was born in 1885 in Leyton, Essex. He won a scholarship to the City Of London School, and from there went into the civil service. In World War I he served as Special Constable on the Home Front, also teaching Accountancy, Languages, Maths and Elocution to men, women, boys and girls in the evenings, and acting in his spare time. It was a seaside family holiday that inspired Brian Flynn to turn his hand to writing in the mid-twenties. Finding most mystery novels of the time mediocre in the extreme, he decided to compose his own. Edith, the author's wife, encouraged its completion, and after a protracted period finding a publisher, it was eventually released in 1927 by John Hamilton in the UK and Macrae Smith in the U.S. as The Billiard-Room Mystery. The author died in 1958. In all, he wrote and published 57 mysteries, the vast majority featuring the super-sleuth Anthony Bathurst.","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50862147633426,"sku":"9781914150678","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0df3fce8-67a7-4962-84f1-4c06510a3720.jpg?v=1737615112","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-painted-ladies-an-anthony-bathurst-mystery-9781914150678","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}