{"product_id":"the-skeleton-man-paperback","title":"The Skeleton Man: The Gripping Mystery Series Set Against the Cambridgeshire Fen - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJim Kelly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Cambridgeshire hamlet of Jude's Ferry is a lonely, forgotten spot. Requisitioned decades earlier by the Ministry of Defence for military training, one of its few claims to fame is that in its entire thousand-year history, it never recorded a single crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when a Territorial Army exercise is held amongst the ruins, a skeleton is found hanging in a bricked-up cellar, a noose round the neck. It seems that the ghostly village may hide many secrets and local newspaper reporter Philip Dryden is soon on the case. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen a man, pulled unconscious from the river at nearby Ely, claims to have lost his memory, yet reacts with startled fear to the name Jude's Ferry ...\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Kelly is the son of a Scotland Yard detective. He went to university in Sheffield, later training as a journalist and worked on the \u003ci\u003eBedfordshire Times, Yorkshire Evening Press\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Water Clock\u003c\/i\u003e, was shortlisted for the John Creasey Award and he has since won a CWA Dagger in the Library and the New Angle Prize for Literature. He lives in Ely, Cambridgeshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.72 x 5.04 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 22, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42176943784071,"sku":"9780749030605","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/31f52f2e0a59ad8c5596375bf281509e.webp?v=1733393770","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-skeleton-man-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}