{"product_id":"the-masters-of-the-house-9781447239574","title":"The Masters of the House","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Barnard\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Pan Macmillan\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Mystery \u0026amp; Detective - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the late winter of 1979, Leeds housewife Ellen Heenan dies in childbirth - abandoning a guilt-stricken husband to insanity's grasp and leaving four young children to find for themselves. \u003cbr\u003eThirteen-year-old Matthew and Annie, age twelve, know what the authorities will do if the learn of Father's debilitating madness. A close-knit family will be speedily unravelled, its threads scattered carelessly to the winds. So deception is the only recourse - a facade of normalcy that must be carefully constructed to fool prying neighbourhood eyes. And resourceful young Matthew and his sister have the situation well in hand - until a freshly slain corpse turns up beneath the kitchen window . . . \u003cbr\u003e'Gripping and satisfying' \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'Subtle and surprising . . . Robert Barnard at his best' \u003ci\u003eSan Diego Union-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A sad, sweet horror of a story . . . the suspense is delicious.' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891042271383,"sku":"9781447239574","price":1656.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781447239574.webp?v=1781182158","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-masters-of-the-house-9781447239574","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}