{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-platinum-blonde-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-paperback","title":"The Case of the Platinum Blonde: A Ludovic Travers Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"It's about a murder. . . . Here. Five Oaks, they call it. . . . A man, he's murdered. . . . Oh, no, it isn't a joke. I wish it was. . . . I said I wished it was. . . . You'll send someone at once?\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudovic Travers, still in the army, is obliged to combine his military duties with being an invaluable private sleuth on behalf of Scotland Yard. Now Inspector Wharton has asked Ludo to track down a man in a village rife with blackmail and skulduggery. A problem soon arises however--murder, and that of the very man Travers was sent to find. Travers eventually faces a moral quandary about what to conceal and what to reveal about his discoveries--which could lead to someone's execution.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic English village murder mystery involves a large number of suspects, and a breathtaking series of twists, some if not all involving the Chief Constable's wife--the novel's \"platinum blonde\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Platinum Blonde\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1944. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Readers who have asked 'Why?' impatiently at the beginning of this book will be twice shy.\" \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51796786872608,"sku":"9781912574216","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/594d0a539314eb715dac142f2041c070.webp?v=1780767530","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-platinum-blonde-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}