{"product_id":"the-incredible-crime-a-cambridge-mystery-9781464207464","title":"The Incredible Crime: A Cambridge Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This British Library Crime Classics reissue features richly evocative settings, an appealing romantic subplot, and sly nods to other fiction, including that of the author's illustrious ancestor.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrince's College, Cambridge, is a peaceful and scholarly community, enlivened by Prudence Pinsent, the Master's daughter. Spirited, beautiful, and thoroughly unconventional, Prudence is a remarkable young woman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne fine morning she sets out for Suffolk to join her cousin Lord Wellende for a few days' hunting. On the way Prudence encounters Captain Studde of the coastguard--who is pursuing a quarry of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStudde is on the trail of a drug smuggling ring that connects Wellende Hall with the cloistered world of Cambridge. It falls to Prudence to unravel the identity of the smugglers--who may be forced to kill, to protect their secret.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis witty and entertaining crime novel has not been republished since the 1930s. This new edition includes an introduction by Kirsten T. Saxton, professor of English at Mills College, California.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLOIS AUSTEN-LEIGH \u003c\/strong\u003ewas the author of four mystery novels published in the 1930s, which have been out of print for over 70 years until the publication of this new edition. Austen-Leigh was the great-great niece of Jane Austen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50524502458642,"sku":"9781464207464","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_2a62471c-4f7c-47c1-b478-728ec3036c65.jpg?v=1731181314","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-incredible-crime-a-cambridge-mystery-9781464207464","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}