{"product_id":"9780241433591","title":"Ink Ribbon Red","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe problem with telling tales is that you might get caught out by the twist: pre-order the most original literary thriller of 2024, from the author of the sensational \u003ci\u003eEight Detectives\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The master puppeteer of literary crime\" \u003c\/b\u003eJANICE HALLETT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Today's greatest exponent of playful detective fiction\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**********\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSix friends gather at a country house for a birthday weekend. They decide to play a game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll six names go in a hat. Choose two, and imagine one murdering the other. Write it down. Type it up. Read it out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePoints are given for making the murders sound convincing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf course, when given such a task, it’s only natural to use what you know. Secrets. Grudges. Affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut once you’ve put it in a story, that secret is out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo with each fictional murder, someone gets a motive for a real one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhich leads to the most important question:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen a real murder comes, will you be able to spot it in time?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Alex Pavesi's sensational bestseller, Eight Detectives\u003c\/b\u003e…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the year's most entertaining crime novels’ \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003eCrime Book of the Month\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘So, so clever . . . Agatha Christie would take her hat off to this one - bravo!’ Sarah Pinborough\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A wonderfully tricksy debut and a loving tribute to the golden age of crime fiction’ \u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A box of delights . . . Pavesi's revelations are completely unexpected, right up to the end’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alex Pavesi","offers":[{"title":"Penguin UK |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2024-12-17","offer_id":46024285552895,"sku":"9780241433591","price":25.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_d2401292-22a3-4b8b-bf50-5bdf22217c4c.jpg?v=1723862752","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780241433591","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}