{"product_id":"the-distant-echo-9781250093158","title":"The Distant Echo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"cunningly plotted\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) thriller is now on Britbox as \u003ci\u003eKaren Pirie\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBestselling, award-winning author Val McDermid delivers her most stunning story yet in \u003ci\u003eThe Distant Echo\u003c\/i\u003e--an intricate, thought-provoking tale of murder and revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFour in the morning, mid-December, and snow blankets St. Andrews School. Student Alex Gilbery and his three best friends are staggering home from a party when they stumble upon the body of a young woman. Rosie Duff has been raped, stabbed and left for dead in the ancient Pictish cemetery. The only suspects are the four young students stained with her blood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwenty-five years later, police mount a cold case review. Among the unsolved murders they're examining is that of Rosie Duff. But someone else has his own idea of justice. One of the original quartet dies in a suspicious house fire and soon after, a second is killed. Alex fears the worst. Someone is taking revenge for Rosie Duff. And it might just save his life if he can uncover who really killed Rosie all those years ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVal McDermid\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in a Scottish mining community and then read English at Oxford. She was a journalist for sixteen years and is now a full-time writer and lives in South Manchester. In 1995, she won the Gold Dagger Award for Best Crime Novel of the Year. Her novel, \u003ci\u003eA Place of Execution\u003c\/i\u003e, won a\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize, was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel, and named a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book of the Year.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50628828332306,"sku":"9781250093158","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9680a905-e003-462c-9a38-d928504c43fd.jpg?v=1732709434","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-distant-echo-9781250093158","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}