{"product_id":"not-to-be-taken","title":"Not to Be Taken","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Waterhouse has died of some gastric complication. Exhumed at his brother's request, it transpires that he has been killed by arsenical poisoning, though nobody in the sleepy village of Anneypenny seems to have had a reason to do him ill. Rumours abound of Nazi intrigue and military skullduggery, but whatever the motive, the truth remains; this was murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally serialised as a competition with a prize for the readers that could answer Berkeley's direct challenge of 'who was the poisoner?', \u003ci\u003eNot to Be Taken\u003c\/i\u003e remains one of the most fiendish exercises in subtle cluework and detection from the Golden Age of Crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'...now we have Not to Be Taken, a compact and fascinating essay in the art of home detection.' \u003cb\u003eTorquemada in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 1938\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The murder is by arsenic; and although the number of suspects is strictly limited the construction is so ingenious that to attain the correct solution of the problem requires all the reader's concentration; to skip is fatal.'\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, 1938\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategories--mobile-button\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"subcategory-data--data pb-0 mb-0\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnthony Berkeley\u003c\/b\u003e was a pen name of Anthony Berkeley Cox (1893-1971), one of the most important figures in the history of British crime fiction. As well as being the author of many classic detective stories, Berkeley was the founder of the prestigious Detection Club for the finest crime writers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Anthony Berkeley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49434667286695,"sku":"9780712355421","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/4945\/4503\/files\/Not_to_be_Taken-Berkeley-1938-9780712355421.jpg?v=1777595347","url":"https:\/\/www.murderousink.com.au\/products\/not-to-be-taken","provider":"Murderous Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}