{"product_id":"death-in-high-heels-1-march","title":"Death in High Heels","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"mb-12 flex flex-col gap-9 xl:mb-28 xl:gap-14\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prose\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rich-text\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"cc57e\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e'My dear Inspector, this is simply nonsense. Girls don’t murder each other in respectable dress shops.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"h569\"\u003eLife for the staff of the West End boutique Christophe et Cie is hard enough with all the pressures of delivering the ambitious Mr. Bevan’s vision – and then comes murder, a poisoning via the toxic crystals of hat-cleaner, pitching haute couture into heinous crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"40odf\"\u003eFaced with a fashionable collection of overwrought designers, buttoned-up models, downtrodden sales girls and tyrannical middle-managers, the dashing Inspector Charlesworth of Scotland Yard must disentangle workplace grudges from deadly motives before the killer can make a trend of murder. First published in 1941, Brand’s debut mystery is brimming with the caustic wit, ingenious misdirection and ruthless twists that would later earn her a place among the queens of classic crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"40odf\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003eThe debut mystery novel by Queen of Crime Christianna Brand, published following the success of the Crime Classics editions of Green for Danger, Death of Jezebel and more.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"50abi\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is a very long time since I have read a better story. Oh yes, this is not only the book of the month, but the book of the year.' – Raymond Postgate in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, April 1941\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"54mq5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A bull’s-eye! Miss Brand has succeeded not only with the puzzle (which is uncommonly good), but even more with the atmosphere.' –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllustrated London News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-block-key=\"7fc65\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This new writer of mystery tales is welcome, for she has a cheerfully satiric manner… The reader is kept on tenterhooks until the end.' –\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Christianna Brand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47956419936423,"sku":"9780712355247","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/DeathinHighHeels-Brand-1941-9780712355247.jpg?v=1771721705","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/death-in-high-heels-1-march","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}