{"product_id":"scream-in-soho","title":"Scream in Soho","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eScream in Soho\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJohn G Brandon\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781464206498\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePoisoned Pen Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003e Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMystery crime fiction written in the Golden Age of Murder\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"[T]his period piece illuminates what it was like to try to investigate crimes during blackouts, when cops literally had to feel their way along their beats.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'For a scream in the early hours of the morning in Soho, even from a female throat, to stop dead in his tracks a hard-boiled constable, it had to be something entirely out of the ordinary.'\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Soho during the blackouts of the Second World War, a piercing scream rends the air and a bloodied knife is found. Detective Inspector McCarthy is soon on the scene. He must move through the dark, seedy Soho underworld--peopled by Italian gangsters, cross-dressing German spies, and glamorous Austrian aristocrats--as he attempts to unravel the connection between the mysterious Madame Rohner and the theft of secret anti-aircraft defence plans.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis evocative and suspenseful London novel from the golden age of British detective fiction is now republished for the first time since the 1950s, with an introduction by award-winning crime novelist Martin Edwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Poisoned Pen Press","offers":[{"title":"Scream in Soho | John G Brandon | Paperback | 9781464206498 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks H 1559076","offer_id":48163355984024,"sku":"1559076","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81OtLKRM-nL.jpg?v=1771881205","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/scream-in-soho","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}