{"product_id":"9780008504977","title":"The American Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eTHE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER AND AWARD-WINNING RICHARD \u0026amp; JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003eMurder, lies and betrayal in Regency England\u003c\/strong\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngland 1819. Thomas Shield, a master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the child’s sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Helplessly drawn to Frant’s beautiful, unhappy mother, Shield becomes entwined in their family’s affairs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a brutal murder takes place in London’s seedy backstreets, all clues lead to the Frant family, and Shield is tangled in a web of lies, money, sex and death that threatens to tear his new life apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon, it emerges that at the heart of these macabre events lies the strange American boy. What secrets is the young Edgar Allan Poe hiding?\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","brand":"Andrew Taylor, Reader to be announced","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889049096341,"sku":"9780008504977","price":39.49,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008504977.png?v=1777422808","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008504977","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}