{"product_id":"a-devon-midwinter-murder","title":"A Devon Midwinter Murder","description":"\u003ch4\u003eSynopsis\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the festive season fast approaching, amateur sleuth Juno Brow ne helps organise a Christmas Fair to raise funds for Ashburton's local animal sanctuary. The event is a success, but whilst Santa is handing out presents in the fairy-lit grotto, a murder is being committed in a dark corner of the garden. Juno discovers the body of Bob the Blacksmith, found clutching a horseshoe decorated with a sprig of elder.Suspicion falls on Bob's longsuffering wife, Jackie, and on Don Drummond, with whom Bob violently quarrelled in the past. From this cloud of suspicion, Juno begins to make connections between Bob's murder and previous 'accidental' deaths, but her course is obstructed by those w ho insist on links to ancient folklore. Determined to take the evidence with a generous pinch of salt, Juno navigates pagan ceremonies and astrological connections that turn up yet more bodies on a deadly path to the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephanie Austin has enjoyed a varied career, working as an artist and anantiques trader, but also for the Devon Schools Library Service. When notwriting she is actively involved in amateur theatre as a director and actor, andattempts to be a competent gardener and cook. She lives in Devon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a standard paperback\/soft cover version.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allison \u0026 Busby","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43617030832319,"sku":"9780749030469","price":25.19,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/1689\/8751\/files\/9780749030469.jpg?v=1723843323","url":"https:\/\/popweasel.co.nz\/products\/a-devon-midwinter-murder","provider":"Pop Weasel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}