{"product_id":"death-in-ambush","title":"Death in Ambush","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eA classic country-house Christmas murder mystery – light-hearted but with a clever mystery at its heart. A genuinely lost novel found in the British Library collections, republished here for the first time since its original publication in 1952.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"col-12 col-xl-9\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eIn a tranquil Kentish village, Dr. Sandys and his wife are preparing for Christmas with their guest, Liane ‘Lee’ Crauford. Festivities start badly when their party is spoiled by an enigmatic widow new to the village, and the atmosphere hits rock bottom when the pompous local nobleman and ceramic-collector Sir Henry Metcalfe unexpectedly dies. Sensing potential villains among Metcalfe’s circle, Lee teams up with Detective-Inspector Hugh Gordon to discover the killer playing merry hell with her holiday in this lost vintage mystery, republished for the first time since 1952.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSusan Gilruth\u003c\/strong\u003e was the pen name used by the English writer\u003cstrong\u003e Susannah Margaret Godley (1911–1992) \u003c\/strong\u003efor her seven crime and detective novels published between 1951 and 1963. While her 1956 novel \u003cem\u003eA Corpse for Charybdis \u003c\/em\u003ewas adapted for the radio and broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1968 and \u003cem\u003eThe Snake is Living Yet \u003c\/em\u003e(1963) was reprinted in a Japanese series alongside titles by Michael Innes and E. C. R. Lorac in the 2000s, her books have become rare collector’s items, and her stories gems to be rediscovered by a new readership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Susan Gilruth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51410009522343,"sku":"9780712355889","price":24.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/Death_in_Ambush_-_Gilruth_-_1952_-_9780712355889.jpg?v=1790040047","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/death-in-ambush","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}