{"product_id":"the-authors-guide-to-murder-a-novel","title":"The Author's Guide to Murder A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A pure delight from start to finish! Williams, White and Willig are in top form in this clever, engrossing whodunnit with a heart.\" --Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of The New Couple in 5B\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree beloved New York Times bestselling novelists, one marvelously entertaining locked-room whodunit! When a famous writer is found dead in the book-lined study of a remote Scottish castle, three very different American novelists become prime suspects!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgatha Christie meets Murder, She Wrote in this witty locked room mystery and literary satire by New York Times bestselling team of novelists: Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willig, and Karen White.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's been a sensational murder at historic Castle Kinloch, a gothic fantasy of grey granite on a remote island in the Highlands of Scotland. Literary superstar Brett Saffron Presley has been found dead--under bizarre circumstances--in the castle tower's book-lined study. Years ago, Presley purchased the castle as a showpiece for his brand and to lure paying guests with a taste for writerly glamour. Now it seems, the castle has done him in...or, possibly, one of the castle's guests has. Detective Chief Inspector Euan McIntosh, a local with no love for literary Americans, finds himself with the unenviable task of extracting statements from three American lady novelists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe prime suspects are Kat de Noir, a slinky erotica writer; Cassie Pringle, a Southern mom of six juggling multiple cozy mystery series; and Emma Endicott, a New England blue blood and author of critically acclaimed historical fiction. The women claim to be best friends writing a book together, but the authors' stories about how they know Brett Saffron Presley don't quite line up, and the detective is getting increasingly suspicious. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy did the authors really come to Castle Kinloch? And what really happened the night of the great Kinloch ceilidh, when Brett Saffron Presley skipped the folk dancing for a rendezvous with death? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA crafty locked-room mystery, a pointed satire about the literary world, and a tale of unexpected friendship and romance--this novel has it all, as only three bestselling authors can tell it! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48056569069823,"sku":"*R0041638*","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/13802773482210.jpg?v=1768498450","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-authors-guide-to-murder-a-novel","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}