{"product_id":"stone-bruises-paperback","title":"Stone Bruises - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Beckett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"gripping psychological thriller,\" a man on the run finds refuge with a family in rural France--only to realize he's fallen into a trap (\u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSean is on the run. We don't know why and we don't know from whom, but we do know he's abandoned his battered, blood-stained car in the middle of a sweltering and isolated, part of France. Desperate to avoid the police, Sean takes to the hedgerows and country lanes hoping to find shelter. \u003c\/p\u003e Nearly unconscious from pain and loss of blood, Sean is taken in by two women, the daughters of the man who runs a local farm with a ramshackle barn, blighted vineyard, and a brooding lake. And that's when Sean's problems really start, because this family that has taken him in is anything but normal.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Simon Beckett is the international bestselling author of the David Hunter thrillers. His books have been translated into twenty-nine languages, appeared in the Sunday Times\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eTop 10 bestseller list, and sold more than ten million copies worldwide. A former freelance journalist who has written for the\u003ci\u003e Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Daily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, the\u003ci\u003e Independent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003eand the\u003ci\u003e Observer\u003c\/i\u003e, Beckett's inspiration for the first David Hunter novel came after a visit to the world-renowned Body Farm in Tennessee introduced him to the work of forensic anthropologists. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As well as co-winning the Ripper Award in 2018\/19, the largest European crime prize, Beckett won the Raymond Chandler Society's 'Marlowe' Award and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger, CWA Dagger in the Library, and Theakston's Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In addition to his David Hunter series, Beckett has written five standalone novels, one of which, \u003ci\u003eWhere There's Smoke\u003c\/i\u003e, was adapted into a major two-part drama. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 278\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53464274010419,"sku":"9781504076227","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/LSZ1VXZch79781504076227.webp?v=1781529646","url":"https:\/\/s3xxpj-vy.myshopify.com\/products\/stone-bruises-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}