{"product_id":"dead-on-time-paperback","title":"Dead on Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClifford Witting\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scene is The Blue Boar in the High Street, Lulverton. The occasion: the stag party planned to celebrate Sergeant Bert Martin's retirement after thirty years' service. \u003cbr\u003e\"It was good while it lasted,\" said Bert, putting down his empty tankard with a reflective sigh. \"Bein' in the Force, I mean. Lookin' back over the long vista of the years...\" But Bert had still until midnight before Bradfield was due to step into his shoes. \u003cbr\u003eAt nine twenty-five Jimmy Hooker was still very much alive, if a little the worse for wear, when he barged in on the party in the upstairs room. At closing time he was dead in the saloon. \"And I don't think,\" said 'Pop' Collins, licensee of the Blue Boar, \"that it was in the way of nature.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.7 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42158455062663,"sku":"9781912916634","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a5644d3735883e51a473decccb24bd03.webp?v=1733258923","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/dead-on-time-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}