{"product_id":"plague-land","title":"Plague Land","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003ePlague Land\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eS D Sykes\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781605989808\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePegasus Crime\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2016\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this chilling historical mystery, young girls go missing from a medieval English village and Lord Oswald de Lacy must find the killer before tragedy strikes again.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOswald de Lacy was never meant to be the Lord of Somerhill Manor. Despatched to a monastery at the age of seven, sent back at seventeen when his father and two older brothers are killed by the Plague, Oswald has no experience of running an estate. He finds the years of pestilence and neglect have changed the old place dramatically, not to mention the attitude of the surviving peasants. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Yet some things never change. Oswald's mother remains the powerful matriarch of the family, and his sister Clemence simmers in the background, dangerous and unmarried. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before he can do anything, Oswald is confronted by the shocking death of a young woman, Alison Starvecrow. The ambitious village priest claims that Alison was killed by a band of demonic dog-headed men. Oswald is certain this is nonsense, but proving it--by finding the real murderer--is quite a different matter. Every step he takes seems to lead Oswald deeper into a dark maze of political intrigue, family secrets and violent strife. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And then the body of another girl is found. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sarah Sykes brilliantly evokes the landscape and people of medieval Kent in this thrillingly suspenseful debut.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Pegasus Crime","offers":[{"title":"Plague Land | S D Sykes | Paperback | 9781605989808 | Used: Very Good | Mystery 1648293","offer_id":50711705354498,"sku":"1648293","price":21.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81-xne1bZ1L.jpg?v=1791745750","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/plague-land","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}