{"product_id":"9780008280277_below-the-clock-detective-club-crime-classics","title":"Below the Clock (Detective Club Crime Classics)","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic Golden Age detective novel set at the heart of Westminster, when the murder of the Chancellor of the Exchequer threatens to topple the whole House of Cards…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany highly dramatic and historic scenes have been enacted below the clock of Big Ben, but none more sensational than on that April afternoon when, before the eyes of a chamber crowded to capacity for the Budget Speech, the Chancellor fell headlong to the floor with a resounding crash. For the first time a murder had been committed in the House of Commons itself – and Amos Petrie faced the toughest case of his career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eBelow the Clock\u003c\/em\u003e, John Victor Turner – a journalist who as David Hume had become known as ‘the new Edgar Wallace’ for creating Britain’s first hardboiled detective series – returned to classic Golden Age writing with an ingenious whodunit set at the heart of the establishment, a novel that did the unthinkable by turning Parliament into a crime scene and all its Members into murder suspects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Detective Club classic is introduced by David Brawn, who looks at the distinguished crime-writing career of J. V. Turner and his \u003cem\u003ealter egos\u003c\/em\u003e Nicholas Brady and David Hume, who achieved remarkable success with nearly 50 books in only 14 years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"J. V. Turner, Introduction by David Brawn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47285368291477,"sku":"9780008280277","price":6.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008280277.jpg?v=1776992143","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008280277_below-the-clock-detective-club-crime-classics","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}