{"product_id":"this-wild-wild-country","title":"This Wild Wild Country","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Thrilling, haunting and darkly beautiful' Chris Whitaker, bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;We Begin at the End\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;THREE WOMEN. AN ISOLATED TOWN. A DECADES-OLD MYSTERY . . . \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1933. Cornelia Stover is not the kind of woman the men of Boldville, New Mexico, expect her to be. But, one day, she stumbles upon a secret hidden out in the hills . . . \u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;1970. Decades later, Joanna Riley, a former cop, packs up her car in the middle of the night and drives west, fleeing an abusive marriage and a life she can no longer bear. Eventually, she runs out of gas and finds herself in Boldville.\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Joanna was looking for somewhere to hide, but something is \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;off\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; about this place. In a commune on the outskirts a young man has been found dead and Joanna knows a cover up when she sees it. Soon, she and Glitter, a young, disaffected hippie, find themselves caught up in a dark mystery that goes to the very heart of Boldville. A mystery that leads them all the way back to the unexplained disappearance of Glitter's grandmother Cornelia forty years before . . .\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt; A captivating, atmospheric new mystery from the lauded author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Long, Long Afternoon\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;This Wild Wild Country \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;simmers with secrets, lies and terrible betrayal, unravelling the lives of three women at the mercy of their times.\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Praise for Inga Vesper\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Remarkably assured. A tale of inequality, broken dreams and quiet desperation behind a picture-perfect facade' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Guardian\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'A clever and absorbing debut' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Times\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Beguiling and evocative. This vivid and atmospheric pageturner will keep readers guessing all the way to its satisfying finale' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sunday Express\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Beautifully crafted, claustrophobic and compelling. As delicious as a long drink on a hot day' Stacey Halls, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sunday Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; bestselling author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Familiars\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; and \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Foundling\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Such a vivid atmosphere of stifling LA heat and stifling 50s domesticity' Clare Chambers, author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Small Pleasures\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'Breathtakingly stylish, hypnotic and masterfully gripping' Chris Whitaker, author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;We Begin at the End\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;, Waterstones Thriller of the Month\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'A triumph. What a pleasure to read something fresh and original. For once the hype is justified and Inga Vesper's gripping page turner must surely now be bound for Netflix' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Evening Standard\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'A tasty, tense, page-turning combo of James Ellroy and Kate Atkinson with a bit of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Mad Men\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; thrown in'\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;Liz Hyder\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br\u0026gt;'An atmospheric tale of repression and style at the heart of the American Dream' \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Stylist\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308339569022,"sku":"NW9781838776695","price":9.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781838776695.jpg?v=1778576899","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/this-wild-wild-country","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}