{"product_id":"the-mystery-of-the-peacocks-eye-an-anthony-bathurst-mystery-paperback","title":"The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Flynn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Anonymity is such a terribly strong position in which to entrench one's self. To you I am Sheila Delaney - to me you are - an unknown quantity.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Hunt Ball in Westhampton, Sheila Delaney dances the night away with a stranger - a man who wanted only to be known as Mr X. At the end of the evening, he departs as mysteriously as he appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonths later, private investigator Anthony Bathurst is approached by the Crown Prince of Clorania over a nasty blackmail case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time a sea-side dentist finds that the girl he was treating has been found dead, apparently injected with cyanide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three events prove to be intimately related, and Anthony Bathurst and Chief Detective-Inspector Bannister find themselves on the trail of an exceptionally ruthless murderer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of the Peacock's Eye\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1928. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"One of the ablest pieces of misdirection one could wish to meet\" \u003cem\u003eSutherland Scott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.47 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42105069371527,"sku":"9781913054397","price":17.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7606017611f88f7c68dfbb7fe480bf58.webp?v=1732430899","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-mystery-of-the-peacocks-eye-an-anthony-bathurst-mystery-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}