{"product_id":"the-bees-kiss-paperback","title":"The Bee's Kiss - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Cleverly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon. 1926. One war is over, another is beginning, and murder is sealed with a kiss.... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt midnight she was ravishing: a tall redhead wearing emeralds and a low-cut dress. An hour later, in her room at the Ritz, she was dead, the jewels torn from her bludgeoned body. Thus begins Barbara Cleverly's ingenious novel, another masterpiece of suspense from the CWA Golden Dagger Award--winning author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help of a former comrade-at-arms and a society girl turned constable, Scotland Yard Inspector Joe Sandilands enters into the private world of Dame Beatrice Jagow-Joliffe-a hive of state secrets and sexual extravagance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as The Dame's affairs are exposed, the case takes a sudden, strange turn. Because what Sandilands is about to discover are deceptions that go far beyond salacious scandal to betrayals that strike at the heart of a nation . . . and the ruthless heart of a killer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarbara Cleverly is the author of five novels of historical suspense, including \u003cb\u003eThe Damascened Blade\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the CWA Historical Dagger Award, \u003cb\u003eThe Last Kashmiri Rose, Ragtime in Simla, The Palace Tiger, \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eThe Bee's Kiss\u003c\/b\u003e. She lives in Cambridge, England where she is now at work on the second Laetitia Talbot mystery, which Delta will publish in 2008.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 27, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755304648992,"sku":"9780385340410","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/10e0a0e7a9878f12a2307a9535248639.webp?v=1780054987","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-bees-kiss-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}