{"product_id":"the-murder-stones-paperback","title":"The Murder Stones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHania Allen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe latest gripping novel in the Polish detective series featuring DI Dania Gorska.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePolish-born DS Dania Gorska is called upon to investigate a seemingly straightforward case of an RTA - a car has crashed into a tree, having first hit a deer on an icy road. But a witness has come forward to say he saw someone fleeing the scene and then the autopsy reveals vicious marks on the head of the dead man. Suddenly Dania is looking at murder. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe dead man, Eddie Sangster, has had an intriguing past - the youngest of three brothers, he inherited the family estate after the oldest committed suicide and the other simply disappeared. But decades on it would seem someone is out for vengeance as murder stones - carved headstones attesting to the brutal murders of both brothers - start to appear on the grounds of the estate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eClearly the key to the puzzle of the murder stones lies at Sangster Hall, where a calamitous incident in the past is now shaping the present, and it is up to Dania to discover the murderous secret of the Sangster family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Hania Allen\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eNicely nasty in all the right places\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The story rattles along until bringing the curtain down with an unnerving twist' Craig Robertson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'A fresh new find for crime fans ... the plot is \u003cb\u003eintriguing\u003c\/b\u003e, the characters are well drawn, and the end comes with \u003cb\u003ean unnerving twist\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eExtremely readable\u003c\/b\u003e' \u003ci\u003eSunday Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'\u003cb\u003eCaptivating characters and an intriguing plot\u003c\/b\u003e. A great new find for crime fans' Lin Anderson \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Pitch-perfect . . . \u003cb\u003ea witty, tense crime novel written in a highly readable style\u003c\/b\u003e' Russel D McLean\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHania Allen was born in Liverpool, but has lived in Scotland longer than anywhere else, having come to love the people and the country (despite nine months of rain and three months of bad weather). Of Polish descent, her father was stationed in St Andrews during the war, and spoke so fondly of the town that she applied to study at the University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has worked as a researcher, a mathematics teacher, an IT officer and finally in senior management, a post she left to write full time. She is the author of the Von Valenti novels and now lives in a fishing village in Fife.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 7.72 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765893431584,"sku":"9781472131690","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/43e42a4bd23d266f0dd016594e32da50.webp?v=1780282404","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-murder-stones-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}