{"product_id":"the-naming-of-the-birds-9781963108033","title":"The Naming of the Birds","description":"Something is troubling Inspector Henry Cutter. Sergeant Gideon Bliss is accustomed to his ill-tempered outbursts, but lately the inspector has grown silent and withdrawn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, the murders begin. The first to die is the elderly Sir Aneurin Considine, a decorated but obscure civil servant who long ago retired to tend his orchids. If the motive for his killing is a mystery, the manner of his death is more bewildering still. The victims that follow suffer similar fates, their deaths gruesome but immaculately orchestrated. The murderer comes and goes like a ghost, leaving only carefully considered traces. As the hunt for this implacable adversary mounts, the inspector's gloom deepens, and to Sergeant Bliss, his methods seem as mystifying as the crimes themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy is he digging through dusty archives while the murderer stalks further victims? And as hints of past wrongdoing emerge--and with them the faint promise of a motive--why does Cutter seem haunted by some long-ago failing of his own?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e To find the answers, the meek and hapless sergeant must step out of the inspector's shadow. Aided by Octavia Hillingdon, a steely and resourceful journalist, Bliss will uncover truths that test his deepest beliefs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Hypnotic and twisty, Paraic O'Donnell's \u003cem\u003eThe Naming of the Birds\u003c\/em\u003e will ensnare you until the final pages and leave you questioning what matters most--solving a case or serving justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eParaic O'Donnell\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe House on Vesper Sands\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Maker of Swans.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Wicklow, Ireland, with his wife and two children, and can usually be found in the garden.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Tin House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807269224722,"sku":"9781963108033","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0e4dd5ad-46eb-422a-9a0b-8db34850295b.jpg?v=1766048986","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-naming-of-the-birds-9781963108033","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}