{"product_id":"circle-paperback","title":"Circle - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBernard Minier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJune 2010. In the middle of a World Cup match, Martin Servaz receives a call from a long-lost lover. A few miles away, in the town of Marsac, classics professor Claire Diemar has been brutally murdered. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs if that weren't disturbing enough, Servaz receives a cryptic e-mail indicating that Julian Hirtmann, the most twisted of all serial killers, is back . . . and hitting a little too close to home. With death and chaos surrounding the small university town in southern France, where he was once a student and where his daughter is now enrolled, Servaz must act quickly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the help of detectives Ziegler and Esp randieu, Servaz will have to uncover a world of betrayal and depravity to connect the dots between the gruesome murders that keep reopening wounds from his past. Bernard Minier plunges readers once again into a perfectly constructed, dark, and oppressive atmosphere, driven forward by a gripping plot, pushing the limits of the genre.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBERNARD MINIER grew up in the foothills of the French Pyrenees. He had a career as a customs official before publishing his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Frozen Dead\u003c\/i\u003e. The novel has been translated into a dozen languages and has garnered critical acclaim, as well as several literary prizes in France. Minier lives in the Essonne, south of Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42124639338631,"sku":"9781250106216","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/f1791fa51371e18618eab6504e145837.webp?v=1732571658","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/circle-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}