{"product_id":"the-belfry-murder-a-golden-age-mystery-paperback","title":"The Belfry Murder: A Golden Age Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMoray Dalton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"If I meet any dragons I'll run away.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Mary Borlase, English governess of the little Countess Nadine, escapes from Russia during the Great War, she brings with her jewels belonging to the ill-fated Romanoffs, including a famous emerald, the Eye of Nero. Mary dies of pneumonia a few days after reaching England, in a room over her brother's antique shop. What has become of the now missing jewels? Has she hidden them somewhere, or entrusted them to someone before her death?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYears later a Russian waiter sells a secret twice over, and pays the ultimate price. The search for the emerald has begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a man calling himself Mr. Brown, and his gang, it is first an adventure, but becomes a matter of life and death. For Martin Drury, chicken-farming in Sussex it brings the gleam of romance and a chance of knight errantry. And for Inspector Hugh Collier of Scotland Yard, young and ambitious, backing his intuitions against the opinions of his superiors, it is a case full of pitfalls, whose issues might spell promotion--or a fatal mark against his name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Belfry Murder\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1933. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42103933534343,"sku":"9781913054779","price":18.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c430091862dec87a2b3ac0ce7b1317ce.webp?v=1732419065","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-belfry-murder-a-golden-age-mystery-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}