{"product_id":"a-schooling-in-murder-hardcover","title":"A Schooling in Murder - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*A \u003cem\u003eTimes \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Year*From the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Ashes of London\u003c\/em\u003e, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'Ten out of ten' \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A grand piece of work - a triumph and one of Taylor's best' MICK HERRON\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'As good as I'd expect from a master of the craft' VAL MCDERMID\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eEngland, May 1945\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she's run away, but in fact she has met a violent end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReplacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved... and these echoing halls hide a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard \u0026amp; Judy Book Club Choice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA's prestigious Diamond Dagger.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.29 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 02, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51889251025184,"sku":"9780008494230","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/DDX5h5rbSB9780008494230.webp?v=1781930215","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-schooling-in-murder-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}