{"product_id":"beneath-the-abbey-wall-book-a-d-scott-9781451665772","title":"Beneath the Abbey Wall","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003ecalled \u003ci\u003eA Double Death on the Black Isle\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a stunner...with lots of action, lots of atmosphere.\" Now the acclaimed mystery series about a newspaper staff in a 1950s Highlands town continues--everything is quiet and quaint until one of their own is murdered.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The third lyrical, evocative, and character-driven entry in A.D. Scott's mystery series set in the 1950s in the Scottish Highlands.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e As a decade of change comes to a close, murder hists close to home in a small Scottish town...\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e On a dark, damp Sunday evening, a man taking a shortcut home sees a hand reaching out in supplication from a bundle of sacks. In an instant he knows something terrifying has happened.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In the Highlands in the late 1950s, much of the local newspaper's success was due to Mrs. Smart, the no-nonsense office manager who kept everything and everyone in line. Her murder leaves her colleagues in shock and the \u003ci\u003eHighland Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e office in chaos. Joanne Ross, a budding reporter and shamefully separated mother, assumes Mrs. Smart's duties, but an intriguing stranger provides a distraction not only from the job and the investigation but from everything Joanne believes in.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeneath the Abbey Wall\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly evokes a place still torn between the safety of the past and the uncertainty of the future, when rock 'n' roll and television invaded homes, and a change in attitudes still came slowly for many. As the staff of the \u003ci\u003eHighland Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e probes the crime, they uncover secrets deeply rooted in the past, and their friend's murder becomes the perfect fodder for strife and division in the town and between her colleagues.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49518673035537,"sku":"CIN1451665776G","price":3.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532894970129,"sku":"GOR006773054","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609110814993,"sku":"GOR006997573","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50309768970513,"sku":"CIN1451665776VG","price":4.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50383220244753,"sku":"CIN1451665776A","price":3.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51027096371473,"sku":"NIN9781451665772","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52542768087313,"sku":"NLS9781451665772","price":24.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1451665776.jpg?v=1750827356","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/beneath-the-abbey-wall-book-a-d-scott-9781451665772","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}