{"product_id":"house-on-vesper-sands","title":"House On Vesper Sands","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Tremendously good'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''The most vivid and compelling portrait of late Victorian London since \u003ci\u003eThe Crimson Petal and the White\u003c\/i\u003e'' \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Perry\u003cbr\u003e''\u003cb\u003ePart Wilkie Collins, part Conan Doyle'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Huge fun''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Has everything you could want in a novel'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e     \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dickens is whirling enviously in his grave ... Read by a fire on a cold winter evening''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e''Ladies and gentlemen, the darkness is complete.''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is the winter of 1893, and in London the snow is falling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is falling as Gideon Bliss seeks shelter in a Soho church, where he finds Angie Tatton lying before the altar. His one-time love is at death''s door, murmuring about brightness and black air, and about those she calls the Spiriters. In the morning she is gone.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe snow is falling as a seamstress climbs onto a ledge above Mayfair, a mysterious message stitched into her own skin. It is falling as she steadies herself and closes her eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is falling, too, as her employer, Lord Strythe, vanishes into the night, watched by Octavia Hillingdon, a restless society columnist who longs to uncover a story of real importance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe and Gideon will soon be drawn into the same mystery, each desperate to save Angie and find out the truth about Lord Strythe. Their paths will cross as the darkness gathers, and will lead them at last to what lies hidden at the house on Vesper Sands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cfont size=\"+1\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Like the love child of Dickens and Conan Doyle'' \u003c\/b\u003eLiz Nugent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This novel is an absolute banger''\u003c\/b\u003e Jon McGregor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''An utter joy''\u003c\/b\u003e Joanna Cannon \u003ci\u003e''\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57309853548926,"sku":"NW9781474601047","price":10.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781474601047.jpg?v=1778699284","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/house-on-vesper-sands","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}