{"product_id":"portobello-book-ruth-rendell-9781439148518","title":"Portobello","description":"\u003cb\u003eINCLUDES AN EXCERPT OF RENDEL'S FINAL NOVEL, \u003ci\u003eDARK CORNERS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRuth Rendell is widely considered to be crime fiction's reigning queen, with a remarkable career spanning more than forty years. Now, in \u003ci\u003ePortobello, \u003c\/i\u003eshe delivers a captivating and intricate tale that weaves together the troubled lives of several people in the gentrified neighborhood of London's Notting Hill. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWalking to the shops one day, fifty-year-old Eugene Wren discovers an envelope on the street bulging with cash. A man plagued by a shameful addiction--and his own good intentions--Wren hatches a plan to find the money's rightful owner. Instead of going to the police, or taking the cash for himself, he prints a notice and posts it around Portobello Road. This ill-conceived act creates a chain of events that links Wren to other Londoners--people afflicted with their own obsessions and despairs. As these volatile characters come into Wren's life--and the life of his trusting fianc e--the consequences will change them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003ePortobello \u003c\/i\u003eis a wonderfully complex tour de force featuring a dazzling depiction of one of London's most intriguing neighborhoods--and the dangers beneath its newly posh veneer.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49555335348497,"sku":"GOR004485328","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49653888745745,"sku":"GOR012354860","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49684400308497,"sku":"CIN1439148511G","price":3.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49768876278033,"sku":"CIN1439148511VG","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1439148511.jpg?v=1751435992","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/portobello-book-ruth-rendell-9781439148518","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}