{"product_id":"9781399810050","title":"Pale Blue Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**Now a major Netflix film starring Christian Bale and Gillian Anderson**\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApril 19th, 1831. In two or three hours I''ll be dead.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins the chilling last testament of Gus Landor, a retired New York City police constable, whose numerous talents include code-breaking, riot control and the ''gloveless interrogation''. A young cadet has been found hanged at a military academy on the shores of the Hudson River. Before his body could be buried, however, it was stolen and his heart brutally carved out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFearing a scandal, the top brass at West Point have summoned Landor to help catch the culprit, and keep his discoveries away from prying eyes. As Landor embarks on a thrilling adventure to solve the case, he uncovers a series of dark secrets and finds unlikely assistance in the form of a mischievous young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of drama and unexpected twists, \u003ci\u003eThe Pale Blue Eye\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliantly haunting and atmospheric historical mystery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Brilliantly plotted and completely absorbing, ending with the kind of shock that few novelists are able to deliver'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Bayard''s shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental new mystery reads like a lost classic . . . Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction, rendering the 19th century as if he''d witnessed it firsthand'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43128730419378,"sku":"9781399810050","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781399810050_673026eb-1b8d-4e69-ad92-7f884fada85d.jpg?v=1786019392","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/9781399810050","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}