{"product_id":"beneath-a-veneer","title":"Beneath a Veneer","description":"\u003cp\u003eYou can hide beneath a veneer until someone knows where to look.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA family try to flee Lithuania as the Soviets invade in 1940. Only two make it onto the ferry in Riga and freedom. The cost is leaving behind their loved ones and an unborn baby.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifty-eight years later, Simon Callan's mother tells him her story and asks him to find out what happened to the others\u003cbr\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eHis search leads him to learning of Stalin's repressions and then the Nazi death squads. It also leads him to a murderer, a Nazi collaborator, who took part in a massacre where Simon's grandparents were killed, and a thief, a Nazi SS officer, who stole a Swiss bank account that Simon's mother knows nothing about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs it possible to find and catch a killer, whose crimes took place in 1941? And, is it possible to recover the stolen money after so many years?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the heart of this story is the grim reality that so many suffered at the time. But it also tells of a passionate determination to discover those responsible and, ultimately, to find justice despite the odds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mystery, Thriller \u0026amp; Suspense, Mystery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 427\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Independently published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9798388499608\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lewis, Samuel","offers":[{"title":"Very Good — £8.03","offer_id":48017421533361,"sku":"SB-9798388499608-C2","price":8.03,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/9798388499608.jpg?v=1791755801","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/beneath-a-veneer","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}