{"product_id":"9780008494261","title":"A Schooling in Murder: The gripping new WWII historical mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Ashes of London","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Ten out of ten' The Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland, May 1945\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in fact she has met a violent end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReplacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved… and these echoing halls hide a killer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Taylor's A Schooling in Murder is a best-selling detective novel set in the 20th century, with a ghost adding a supernatural twist to the story. The sleuths in this bestseller are as compelling as the mystery they seek to solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of S G Maclean (The Black Friar), C. S. Harris (Who Will Remember), Robert Harris (Precipice), Anthony Horowitz (Marble Hall Murders), and Sarah Hawkswood (Too Good to Hang).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Andrew Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889023144085,"sku":"9780008494261","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008494261.jpg?v=1776888412","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008494261","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}