{"product_id":"9780141196374","title":"A Murder of Quality","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Carre, John Le \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 May 2011 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Penguin Modern Classics' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e136 x 197 x 11 | 146g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einstitution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with George  Smiley  as master detective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL'Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55491195994498,"sku":"9780141196374","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780141196374.jpg?v=1753741530","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.live\/products\/9780141196374","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}