{"product_id":"the-drowning-ground-hardcover","title":"The Drowning Ground - Hardcover","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\u003eJames Marrison\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOut here, in the quaint ceaseless calm of an English vil-lage, it is hard to imagine a life beyond. From the outside, everything seems to make sense. Everything has its place.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy friends are open and unsuspecting. There is none of the natural suspicion of the Argentinian. . . For me, it's unbeliev-able in a way.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor two decades after being forced to leave his native Argentina, Detective Chief Inspector Guillermo Downes has sought tranquility in the orderly life of the English Cotswolds. But violence can strike just as suddenly in the countryside as it can in Buenos Aires. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the body of wealthy landowner Frank Hurst is found with a pitchfork through his neck, it brings back disturbing memories of former mysteries. Hurst's wife drowned in their swimming pool-an official accident, though many villagers have their doubts. And what about the two young girls who were abducted years before, with some possible links to Hurst that were never proven? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e''It's something truly terrible to make someone disap-pear, '' Downes tells his partner. \"Because the family never know, you see.\" Years ago he had promised the vanished girls' mothers to find their daughters, and as the ripples from Hurst's death spread through the village, there is fresh hope that he might finally make good on that promise, no matter what it costs the community or himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the kind of insights into life in a seemingly peaceful village that made \u003ci\u003eBroadchurch\u003c\/i\u003e so powerful, James Marrison's \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning Ground\u003c\/i\u003e introduces a terrific new voice in crime fiction.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAMES MARRISON is a journalist with a Master's degree in history, specializing in American Secret Intelligence, from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Marrison was a regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eBizarre \u003c\/i\u003emagazine in the UK, where he wrote about true crime, and he also wrote for an English language newspaper in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he now lives. \u003ci\u003eThe Drowning Ground \u003c\/i\u003eis his first novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.5 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 25, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079990558859,"sku":"9781250054197","price":53.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/D9rYbLvf0w9781250054197.webp?v=1779864628","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/the-drowning-ground-hardcover","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}