{"product_id":"lonelyheart-4122","title":"Lonelyheart 4122","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhatever can have happened to Lil? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFlaxborough butcher Arthur Spain is worried that his sister-in-law hasn’t been in touch lately, so he pays her a visit. But Lil’s not at home, and by her porch door are a dozen bottles of curdling milk… Alarmed, he calls in the local police, \u003cstrong\u003eD.I. Purbright\u003c\/strong\u003e and his ever-reliable Sergeant Sid Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIt transpires Lilian Bannister is the second middle-aged woman in the town to mysteriously vanish, and the link is traced to a local lonely hearts agency called Handclasp House. So when a vulnerable-seeming lady with the charming title of Lucy Teatime signs up for a romantic rendezvous, the two detectives try extra hard to look out for her. But Miss Teatime has a few surprises of her own up her dainty sleeve!\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWitty and a little wicked, Colin Watson’s tales offer a mordantly entertaining cast of characters and laugh-out-loud wordplay.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Colin Watson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":63431682425162,"sku":"9781788420877","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":63431682392394,"sku":"9781788420198","price":2.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1069\/9758\/0106\/files\/9781788420877.jpg?v=1788728817","url":"https:\/\/duckworthbooks.co.uk\/products\/lonelyheart-4122","provider":"Duckworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}