{"product_id":"the-missing-nurse-9781805731795","title":"The Missing Nurse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover a bestselling series of murder mysteries set in south Yorkshire. One million books read!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA detective who's no angel despite his name . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Detective Inspector Michael Angel. An old-school policeman who sometimes rubs his colleagues up the wrong way. 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