{"product_id":"books-the-album-by-mary-roberts-rinehart","title":"The Album","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this twisty whodunit from \"the grand dame of American crime fiction\" (\u003ci\u003eCrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e), the murder of a wealthy widow brings the secrets of her aristocratic neighbors to light.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Even in the early 1930s, Crescent Place is a neighbourhood out of the past. The five Victorian mansions and the remote patch of pasture placed between them have the air of the 1890s, even as the city--once miles away from this idyllic retreat--encroaches and surrounds the enclave. But while these rarefied residences may appear calm on the outside, their isolated interiors contain dark secrets, prolonged feuds and generations of high-toned trouble.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e In these houses are a husband and wife who fight constantly and another couple who hasn't spoken to each other in two decades. There is a widow in permanent mourning and a daughter whom the newspapers call psychotic. And there is a bedridden old woman who is about to be killed with an axe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When her murder shatters the well-mannered quiet of the cul-de-sac, the tabloids delight in trumpeting Crescent Place's peculiarities. But as the search for the killer intensifies, it becomes clear that the area's strangest secrets have yet to be revealed.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A suspenseful mystery enriched by sly social satire and set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, \u003ci\u003eThe Album\u003c\/i\u003e is a memorable whodunnit from one of the most beloved and best selling authors of the Golden Age era.","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53506806251793,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781613163627.jpg?v=1778117866","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-the-album-by-mary-roberts-rinehart","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}