{"product_id":"the-pit-by-the-author-of-the-stoning-the-crime-debut-of-the-year-9781529424515","title":"The Pit: By the Author of the Stoning, the Crime Debut of the Year","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Outback noir has a new star\" Mark Sanderson, \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith DS Manolis on leave in Greece, Senior Constable Sparrow receives a phone call from a man who wants to turn himself in.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBob is sixty-five years old, confined to a Perth nursing home. But thirty years ago, he killed a man in the remote northern Kimberley mining region. He offers to show Sparrow where the body is, but there's a catch: Sparrow must travel north with him under the guise of being his carer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThey are accompanied on the drive by another nursing home resident: Luke, thirty years old, paralysed in a motorbike accident. As they embark on their road trip through the guts of Western Australia, pursued by outback police and adrenaline-soaked miners, Sparrow begins to suspect that Bob's desire to head north may have sinister motivations. Is Luke being held against his will? And what lies in store for them when they reach their goal?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePeter Papathanasiou was born in northern Greece and adopted as a baby to an Australian family. His writing has been published internationally by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Canberra Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, The ABC, SBS, \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. He also holds an MA in Creative Writing from City University, London, and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the Australian National University. His first book, a memoir \u003ci\u003eSon of Mine\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2019 by Salt.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51175238926610,"sku":"9781529424515","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_89358e87-d997-4141-ad76-072f0a401ae9.jpg?v=1744288675","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-pit-by-the-author-of-the-stoning-the-crime-debut-of-the-year-9781529424515","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}