{"product_id":"bad-apples-paperback","title":"Bad Apples - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJJ Marsh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritish crime fiction where characters become people and place is part of the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome people are just rotten to the core.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acting DCI Beatrice Stubbs is representing Scotland Yard at a police conference in Portugal. Her task is to investigate a rumour - a ghostwritten expos  of European intelligence agencies - and discover who is behind such a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHardly a dangerous assignment, so she invites family and friends for a holiday. Days at the conference and evenings at the villa should be the perfect work-life balance.\u003cbr\u003e Until one of her colleagues is murdered.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An eclectic alliance of international detectives forms to find the assassin. But are they really on the same side?\u003cbr\u003e Meanwhile, tensions rise at the holiday villa. A clash of egos sours the atmosphere and when a five-year-old child disappears, their idyll turns hellish.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From Lisbon streets to the quays of Porto, Parisian caf s to the green mountains of Ger s, Beatrice realises trust can be a fatal mistake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach book works as a stand-alone novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy Donna Leon, Patricia Wentworth and Ann Cleeves, you'll love Bad Apples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eMurder at a crime conference, family fireworks and all the ingredients for a rollercoaster adventure\u003c\/em\u003e\" - Francis Guenette, author of The Crater Lake Series\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 286\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 19, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773620060448,"sku":"9783952479605","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/421800360b30fc896365795bc649f5fd_6b4b0d2c-1101-457b-a36e-9cdf75ece15d.webp?v=1780429143","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/bad-apples-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}