{"product_id":"the-quartet-murders-9781503903098","title":"The Quartet Murders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA priceless violin. And a dark secret someone is prepared to kill for.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRevised edition: This edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Quartet Murders\u003c\/i\u003e includes editorial revisions.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDCI Oldroyd has seen his fair share of victims, but he has never witnessed a murder--until now. When world-famous violinist Hans Muller is shot and killed during a concert, the detective is faced with a case beyond logic. The culprit is nowhere to be found--and the victim's priceless violin has disappeared too.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Oldroyd investigates the mystery of the murderer's identity and the motive for the killing, he enters the ruthless world of wealthy instrument collectors and stumbles upon a dark path where shocking secrets have been buried in the past. But the secrets will soon take centre stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOldroyd must use all his cunning to recover the priceless instrument. But can he also solve the mystery of a murderer who vanished in front of his own eyes?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEllis, J. R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJohn R. Ellis has lived in Yorkshire for most of his life and has spent many years exploring Yorkshire's diverse landscapes, history, language and communities. He recently retired after a career in teaching, mostly in further education in the Leeds area. In addition to the Yorkshire Murder Mystery series, he writes poetry, ghost stories and biography. He has completed a screenplay about the last years of the poet Edward Thomas and a work of faction about the extraordinary life of his Irish mother-in-law. He is currently working on his memoirs of growing up in a working-class area of Huddersfield in the 1950s and 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas \u0026 Mercer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527681610002,"sku":"9781503903098","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_61d5334a-40a3-4be1-b728-471027ae4af6.jpg?v=1731311706","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-quartet-murders-9781503903098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}