{"product_id":"magpie-lane","title":"Magpie Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Intricate, intelligent, immensely satisfying, and with a deliciously spooky edge\" --Cara Hunter, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Roaming through Oxford's secret passages and hidden graveyards, \u003ci\u003eMagpie Lane\u003c\/i\u003e explores the true meaning of family--and what it is to be denied one. \u003cbr\u003e When the eight-year old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. \u003cbr\u003e As Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging--an eerie and ancient house--a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost mute, seeing ghosts, grieving her dead mother. \u003cbr\u003e But is Dee telling the whole story? Is her growing friendship with the eccentric house historian, Linklater, any cause for concern? And most of all, why was Felicity silent? \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Highly Intelligent\" --Sarah Vaughan, author of \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"Beguiling\" --Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lucy-atkins-books\"\u003eLucy Atkins\u003c\/a\u003e (all their books in stock)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 354\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mobius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781786485571\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mobius","offers":[{"title":"Standard Secondhand — £1.00","offer_id":47917107052721,"sku":"SB-1786485575-C3","price":1.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/1786485575_2607af24-9ff5-467d-9afb-fe2fb8dbd1f3.jpg?v=1790306874","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/magpie-lane","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}