{"product_id":"a-case-to-answer-9780751552102","title":"A Case To Answer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJerry and Peter have been successfully conning vulnerable householders for years. But then Jerry decides to try the straight and narrow, getting an honest job in a chip shop. Once there he meets Imogen, pregnant and temporarily living with her step-grandmother, Charlotte Frost. In his new role as a good citizen - and hopeful suitor - Jerry agrees to tackle Charlotte''s neglected garden.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Charlotte has her own troubled past. Recently widowed, her departed husband''s family are deeply suspicious. And as her life becomes entangled with Jerry''s, lies and deceits from their pasts begin to surface, until on a night none of them will ever forget, Charlotte disappears, and Jerry is the number one suspect.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA novel of subtle suspense and creeping tension, \u003ci\u003eA Case to Answer\u003c\/i\u003e is effortlessly crafted crime fiction, in which human weakness and vulnerability lead to secrets, lies and tragedy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere is not a word wasted in Margaret Yorke's deftly constructed crime novels, yet they have a hinterland greater than many novels twice the length. Her understanding of the faultlines that run through human beings is second to none * Diane Setterfield *\u003cbr\u003eMargaret Yorke knows all about human weaknesses and follies, vanities and ambitions, as well as about that rarer phenomenon, real, unadulterated evil * Susan Hill *\u003cbr\u003eThe mistress of the skilfully-spun suspense novel . . . her quiet, unemphatic style of narrative makes the story a compelling read * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eHer short, sparse accounts of things going wrong and innocent people getting caught up in events beyond their control never fails to induce a powerful sense of apprehension and foreboding * Guardian *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51767989862743,"sku":"9780751552102","price":22.52,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780751552102.jpg?v=1758715811","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-case-to-answer-9780751552102","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}