{"product_id":"the-witch-at-wayside-cross-9780857054555","title":"The Witch at Wayside Cross","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShould you find yourself in need of a discreet investigation into any sort of mystery, crime or puzzling circumstances, think of Jesperson and Lane . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJesperson and Lane have just solved their first major case when a man bangs violently on their door - and almost immediately drops dead. The police rule death by natural causes, but the detectives are determined to find out what really happened . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMr Manning was screaming about witches before his death.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe case takes them to Mr Manning''s Norfolk home, a land of mysterious Shrieking Pits and ancient knowledge. Mr Manning was himself a member of the enigmatic School of Ancient British Wisdom, and not the first to suffer a similar fate. Local gossip suggests that he was secretly engaged to one of the three lovely sisters who reside at Wayside Cross - but which one? Are they really witches, as the gossips also claim?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd what does all this have to do with the mysterious Shrieking Pits and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSleepwalkers, psychics, and the spirits of the dead (or are they?) make for \u003cb\u003ea heady stew\u003c\/b\u003e in Lisa Tuttle's \u003ci\u003eThe Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief\u003c\/i\u003e, the first full-length novel about Jasper Jesperson and Miss Lane, \u003cb\u003ea dauntless duo of Victorian detectives\u003c\/b\u003e first introduced in her stories for \u003ci\u003eDown These Strange Streets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRogues\u003c\/i\u003e. They're \u003cb\u003ean entertaining pair\u003c\/b\u003e, and it's great to see them back in action in a longer work. \u003cb\u003eHere's hoping this is only the first\u003c\/b\u003e in a long series of Lane and Jesperson adventures.  Tuttle does \u003cb\u003ea lovely job of putting us back in the foggy streets of Victorian London\u003c\/b\u003e in \u003cb\u003ethis lively, entertaining blend of murder mystery and supernatural adventure\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eArthur Conan Doyle would have approved\u003c\/b\u003e. * GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, author of The Game of Thrones on The Somnambulist and the Psychic Thief *\u003cbr\u003eThe whole book is \u003cb\u003edelightful to read\u003c\/b\u003e. Tuttle handles the nuances of the Victorian environment with \u003cb\u003eskilful impeccability\u003c\/b\u003e * BRITISH FANTASY SOCIETY ON The Witch at Wayside Cross *\u003cbr\u003eA regular, yet interesting 'whodunnit' with lots of culprits as \u003cb\u003ethe story twists along, at a good pace\u003c\/b\u003e, never slowing down and yet \u003cb\u003ealways giving you just enough to go on\u003c\/b\u003e * FLICKERING MYTH on The Witch at Wayside Cross *\u003cbr\u003eLisa Tuttle has quietly been writing r\u003cb\u003eemarkable, chilling short stories \u003c\/b\u003eand p\u003cb\u003eowerful, haunting novels\u003c\/b\u003e for many years now, and doing it \u003cb\u003eso easily and so well \u003c\/b\u003ethat one almost takes it, and her, for granted. This would be \u003cb\u003eas big a mistake as not reading Lisa Tuttle \u003c\/b\u003e * NEIL GAIMAN *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48737635828055,"sku":"9780857054555","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780857054555.jpg?v=1723811331","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-witch-at-wayside-cross-9780857054555","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}