{"product_id":"the-opposite-of-lonely-volume-5-9781914585807","title":"The Opposite of Lonely: Volume 5","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA body lost at sea, arson, murder, astronauts, wind phones, communal funerals and existential angst ... This can ONLY mean one thing! The Skelfs are back, and things are as tense, unnerving and warmly funny as ever!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Skelf women are recovering from the cataclysmic events that nearly claimed their lives. Their funeral-director and private-investigation businesses are back on track, and their cases are as perplexing as ever. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Matriarch Dorothy looks into a suspicious fire at a travelers' site, and takes a grieving, homeless man under her wing. Daughter Jenny is searching for her missing sister-in-law, who disappeared in tragic circumstances, while grand-daughter Hannah is asked to investigate increasingly dangerous conspiracy theorists, who are targeting a retired female astronaut ... putting her own life at risk. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a body lost at sea, funerals for those with no one to mourn them, reports of strange happenings in outer space, a funeral crasher with a painful secret, and a violent attack on one of the family, The Skelfs face their most personal - and perilous - cases yet. Doing things their way may cost them everything... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Tense, unnerving and warmly funny, \u003ci\u003eThe Opposite of Lonely\u003c\/i\u003e is the hugely anticipated fifth installment in the unforgettable Skelfs series, and this time, danger comes from everywhere...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoug Johnstone \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of twelve novels, including the Skelfs series, which has been optioned for TV. In 2021, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill\u003c\/i\u003e, the second in the series, was longlisted for Theakston's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year. In 2020, \u003ci\u003eA Dark Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, the first in the series, was shortlisted for the McIlvanney Prize for Scottish Crime Novel of the Year and the Capital Crime Amazon Publishing Independent Voice Book of the Year award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Orenda Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50499320283410,"sku":"9781914585807","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_98f8ed88-4689-4ca8-bc4c-207ebc28c69f.jpg?v=1730742171","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-opposite-of-lonely-volume-5-9781914585807","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}