{"product_id":"the-damascened-blade-9780385339506","title":"The Damascened Blade","description":"In her acclaimed mysteries set in the age of the British Raj, Barbara Cleverly brilliantly captures a fascinating collision of cultures against a backdrop of jasmine-scented nights and neatly trimmed English gardens. In her gripping new novel, the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Last Kashmiri Rose\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eRagtime in Simla \u003c\/b\u003etransports us to the remote and exotic setting of India's North-West Frontier, where a group of travelers is swept into a spellbinding drama of kidnapping, vengeance, and murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands has been given the unenviable mission of guarding a spirited young American woman with far more wealth than sense. Lily Coblenz, accompanied by a cunning businessman, a woman doctor, and two quarreling military strategists, expects the adventure of a lifetime when she arrives at a remote British outpost. But when the son of a Pathan tribal leader is discovered dead, Sandilands, a decorated war veteran, knows that his mission to protect Lily has suddenly taken a startling new turn that may bring them all to the brink of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, from the far reaches of an empire, Joe Sandilands must separate lies from truths, innocents from killers--and find the one person with a desperate motive for murder and the key to India's destiny.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Cleverly is the author of five novels of historical suspense, including \u003cb\u003eThe Damascened Blade\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award, \u003cb\u003eThe Last Kashmiri Rose, Ragtime in Simla, The Palace Tiger, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Bee's Kiss\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in Cambridge, England where she is now at work on the second Laetitia Talbot mystery, which Delta will publish in 2008.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bantam Dell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872581128466,"sku":"9780385339506","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_62f696d4-fc3f-45db-a886-40a53905949f.jpg?v=1737902217","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-damascened-blade-9780385339506","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}