{"product_id":"the-lost-luggage-porter-9780156030748","title":"The Lost Luggage Porter","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Necropolis Railway\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Blackpool Highflyer\u003c\/i\u003e comes another ingenious thriller featuring Jim Stringer. It is winter 1906 and Jim has been promoted from sleuth to official railway detective for York station. His first day on the job, the mysterious Lost Luggage Porter, \"a human directory to everything in York,\" tips him off to a group of railway thieves. Jim is instructed by his Inspector to infiltrate their gang and is drawn along into their plot to carry out a robbery and make their getaway across the Channel. Soon Jim finds himself swept off to Paris with the thieves, his plight made even worse when threats are made against his wife. Can Jim get to get to her before the villains do? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUK Praise for \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Luggage Porter\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cp\u003e\"Page-turning, confidently written...\" - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The atmosphere of neglected streets...dingy saloon bars, supper of boiled bacon and pickles, and dismal, unceasing rain are splendidly evoked.\" - \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ANDREW MARTIN was a Spectator (London) Young Writer of the Year and has written for the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph, and Granta . He has a weekly column in the New Statesman . He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318180155666,"sku":"9780156030748","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ced068dc-50ab-4b21-ae30-880004f0adb7.jpg?v=1727550240","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-lost-luggage-porter-9780156030748","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}