{"product_id":"9780751554076","title":"The Stone Wife by Peter Lovesey","description":"Just  as the bidding gets exciting in a Bath auction house, three armed men  stage a hold-up and attempt to steal Lot 129, a medieval carving of the  Wife of Bath. The highest bidder, appalled to have the prize snatched  away, tries to stop them and is shot dead.  Peter Diamond, head of  the murder squad, soon finds himself sharing an office with the stone  wife - until he is ejected. To his extreme annoyance the lump of stone  appears to exert a malign influence over him and his investigation.  Refusing to be beaten, he rallies his team and begins finding suspects  and motives.  The case demands that someone goes undercover. The  dangerous mission falls to Sergeant Ingeborg Smith, reverting to her  journalist persona to get the confidence of a wealthy local criminal  through his pop star girlfriend. And soon, murder makes a reappearance ...\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback \/ softback","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43204035248306,"sku":"9780751554076","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/products\/9780751554076.jpg?v=1690620576","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9780751554076","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}