{"product_id":"ten-second-staircase-0553804499-used","title":"Ten Second Staircase","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0553804499\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Fowler, Christopher\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIts a crime tailor-made for the Peculiar Crimes Unit: a controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own outrageous installation. No suspects, no motive, no evidence-its business as usual for the Units cantankerous founding partners, Arthur Bryant and John May. But this time they have an eyewitness. According to twelve-year-old Luke Tripp, the killer was a cape-clad highwayman atop a black stallion.As implausible as the boys story sounds, Bryant and May take it seriously when The Highwayman is spotted again, striking a dramatic pose at the scene of his next outlandish murder. Whatever the killers real identity, he seems intent on killing off a string of minor celebrities while becoming one himself.As the tabloids look to make a quick bundle on Highwayman Fever, Bryant and May, along with the newest member of the Unit, Mays agoraphobic granddaughter, April, find themselves sorting out a case involving an unlikely combination of artistic rivalries, sleazy sex affairs, the Knights Templars, and street gang feuds. To do it, theyre going to have to use every orthodox-and unorthodox-means at their disposal, including myth, witchcraft, and the psychogeographic history of the citys monsters, past and present.And if one unsolvable crime werent enough, this case has disturbing links to a decades-old killing spree that nearly destroyed the partnership of Bryant and May once beforeand may again. The Peculiar Crimes Unit is one murder away from being closed down for good-and that murder could be their own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67908767088928,"sku":"USED0553804499","price":7.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/811PDAFYtYL_be4fa86c-54fa-4472-a974-a734d0306db4.jpg?v=1792612830","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/en-gb\/products\/ten-second-staircase-0553804499-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}