{"product_id":"9781448216895","title":"Frequent Hearses","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFrequent Hearses\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Edmund Crispin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eStars, starlets, floozies, and factotums to the film world--Gervase Fen suspects them all . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA young actress, Gloria Scott, drowns after throwing herself off Waterloo  Bridge. The news sends shock-waves around her film studio where Gervase  Fen, Oxford Don and amateur criminologist, just so happens to be  working. With help from friend the Inspector Humbleby, the tragic loss  of young life leads them to many more dark places. Young Ms. Scott's  apartment has been searched, and all signs of her real identity have  been removed, and what's more, minutes before Humbleby interrogates her  co-workers, one of them, a lecherous cameraman, is poisoned. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEqual parts compelling, witty, and ingenuous, this novel is a classic example of great British detective fiction. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFirst published in 1950, \u003ci\u003eFrequent Hearses \u003c\/i\u003ewas Edmund Crispin's seventh novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448216895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40686526070990,"sku":"9781448216895","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_b8a979bb-d1c1-42ff-aa8c-f1f89dd80ca6.jpg?v=1640230954","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448216895","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}