{"product_id":"9781899000098","title":"Fear For Miss Betony","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Bowers, Dorothy\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003e20th century\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 January 1800 by Moonstone press (N\/A) as part of 'the Unknown' series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | \u003cbr\u003e129 x 210 x 21 | 244g\u003cp\u003eFormer governess Emma Betony is living in quiet and boring retirement when two unexpected letters arrive.  The first is a lonely hearts magazine, with an entry('Lonely Batchelor, age 49, good health, comfortable income, seeks friendship of unattached lady with view to matrimony') highlighted by the anonymous sender.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second is an appeal for help from a former student.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrace Aram is running Makeways, a struggling boarding school for girls, newly relocated to a site of former nursing home in Dorset.  Grace isn't interested in Miss Betony's teaching skills-she wants a trusted friend to help identify the culprit behind a series of troubling events.  Two nursing patients have remained at Makeways and one appears to be the victim of a poisoner.  It is not clear who could be responsible for the ongoing trickle of arsenic found in Miss Thurloe's drinks- the new abrasive doctor, the pragmatic nurse, the nervous teaching staff or the high-strung students.  During her investigations, Miss Betony uncovers an overwhelming sense of fear on the part of Makeways' inhabitants, and clues that lead to the Great Ambrosio, a charismatic fortune-teller, who seems to have an undue influence on various teachers, students -  and Miss Thurloe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1941, Fear and Miss Betony marks the final appearance of Chief Inspector Dan Pardoe-but it is Miss Betony herself who fights through fear and solves the case. Contemporary critics proclaimed the book an instant classic, with an ingenious plot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bowers, Dorothy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465881653432,"sku":"9781899000098","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781899000098.jpg?v=1734728692","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781899000098","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}