{"product_id":"tug-of-war-9780385341837","title":"Tug of War","description":"1926. The war-ravaged vineyards of France. In this masterpiece of suspense from CWA Historical Dagger Award-winner Barbara Cleverly, a nameless soldier plunges Scotland Yard inspector Joe Sandilands into a shifting world of deception, rage, and murder.... \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA well-earned vacation takes a sharp detour when Sandilands is called to France, where a shell-shocked patient--a tragic casualty of war--is in the throes of a violent nightmare. Trying to determine the mystery man's identity proves a difficult, internationally delicate task: several families are claiming the unknown soldier as their own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut it is at a famed ch teau, where the wine flows and disturbing secrets abound, that Sandilands meets a woman who takes his investigation in a chillingly different direction. Strong-willed and alluring Aline Houdart's husband has been missing and presumed dead for nearly ten years. Her true motives are as elusive as the truth about a long-ago night...when a horrific crime was committed and lives changed forever. Now Sandilands, an ex-soldier himself, a man who has seen his share of bloodshed and sorrow, is waging his own battle for justice. It is a fight for his fallen comrades that will unmask a killer. Or bury the truth forever...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBarbara Cleverly is the author of nine novels of historical suspense, including \u003cb\u003eThe Damascened Blade\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award, \u003cb\u003eThe Last Kashmiri Rose, Ragtime in Simla, The Palace Tiger, The Bee's Kiss, Tug of War, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Old Magic \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Tomb of Zeus\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in Cambridge, England where she is now at work on the newest Joe Scandilands novel, \u003ci\u003eFolly du Jour.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Random House Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872581488914,"sku":"9780385341837","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_183d86b8-1ef4-4bdf-95ad-42daea5fa937.jpg?v=1737902224","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tug-of-war-9780385341837","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}