{"product_id":"9780007504282_northanger-abbey","title":"Northanger Abbey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeventeen-year-old Catherine ‘Cat’ Morland has led a sheltered existence in rural Dorset, a life entirely bereft of the romance and excitement for which she yearns. So when Cat’s wealthy neighbours, the Allens, invite her to Edinburgh Festival, she is sure adventure beckons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdinburgh initially offers no such thrills: Susie Allen is obsessed by shopping, Andrew Allen by the Fringe. A Highland Dance class, though, brings Cat a new acquaintance: Henry Tilney, a pale, dark-eyed gentleman whose family home, Northanger Abbey, sounds perfectly thrilling. And an introduction to Bella Thorpe, who shares her passion for supernatural novels, provides Cat with a like-minded friend. But with Bella comes her brother John, an obnoxious banker whose vulgar behaviour seems designed to thwart Cat’s growing fondness for Henry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHappily, rescue is at hand. The rigidly formal General Tilney invites her to stay at Northanger with son Henry and daughter Eleanor. Cat’s imagination runs riot: an ancient abbey, crumbling turrets, secret chambers, ghosts…and Henry! What could be more deliciously romantic?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Cat gets far more than she bargained for in this isolated corner of the Scottish Borders. The real world outside the pages of a novel proves to be altogether more disturbing than the imagined world within…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Val McDermid","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284859633813,"sku":"9780007504282","price":11.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007504282.jpg?v=1776992247","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007504282_northanger-abbey","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}