{"product_id":"the-cornish-coast-murder-by-john-bude-9780712357159","title":"The Cornish Coast Murder","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNever, even in his most optimistic moments, had he visualised a scene of this nature - himself in one arm-chair, a police officer in another, and between them - a mystery.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Reverend Dodd, vicar of the quiet Cornish village of Boscawen, spends his evenings reading detective stories by the fireside; heaven forbid that the shadow of any real crime should ever fall across his seaside parish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, the vicar's peace is shattered one stormy night when Julius Tregarthan, a secretive and ill-tempered magistrate, is found at his house in Boscawen with a bullet through his head.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe local police inspector is baffled by the complete absence of clues. Suspicion seems to fall on Tregarthan's niece, Ruth; but surely that young woman lacks the motive to shoot her uncle dead in cold blood?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLuckily for Inspector Bigswell, the Reverend Dodd is on hand, and ready to put his keen understanding of the criminal mind to the test.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis classic mystery novel of the golden age of British crime fiction is set against the vividly described backdrop of a fishing village on Cornwall's Atlantic coast. It is now republished for the first time since the 1930s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072700137708,"sku":"9780712357159","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16958203482441.jpg?v=1765127323","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-cornish-coast-murder-by-john-bude-9780712357159","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}