{"product_id":"the-black-country-scotland-yards-murder-squad","title":"The Black Country (Scotland Yard's Murder Squad)","description":"The New York Times Book Review said of The Yard, “If Charles Dickens isn’t somewhere clapping his hands…Wilkie Collins surely is.” Now Alex Grecian returns with his second novel of Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad—and it’s a gripper.\n\nThe British Midlands. Inhabitants call it the “Black Country”—and with good reason. Bad things happen there.\n\nWhen three members of a prominent family disappear from the Midlands—and a human eyeball is discovered in a bird’s nest—Scotland Yard’s Murder Squad is called in. But Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith have stepped into something much more bizarre and complicated than expected.\n\nSuperstitions abound in the intertwined histories of the villagers, including a local legend about a monster some claim to have seen. In addition, a mysterious epidemic is killing off the inhabitants, and the village itself is sinking into the coal mines below. Day and Hammersmith soon realize that they, too, are in over their heads. And the more they investigate, the more they fear that they may never be allowed to leave.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0425267733\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0425267733.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Grecian, Alex\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41603650486330,"sku":"DBV.0425267733.A","price":6.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0425267733-0.jpg?v=1787197412","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-black-country-scotland-yards-murder-squad","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}