{"product_id":"one-puzzling-afternoon-9781804181256b","title":"One Puzzling Afternoon","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA captivating mystery perfect for fans of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe List of Suspicious Things\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eElizabeth is Missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a suburban street filled with secrets, 82 year old Edie Green must look back into the past to discover what happened to her friend Lucy, who went missing years before . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelected as an Indie Book of the Month\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1951, and at number six Sycamore Street fifteen-year-old Edie Green is lonely. Living alone with her eccentric mother - who conducts seances for the local Ludthorpe community - she is desperate for something to shake her from her dull, isolated life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen the popular, pretty Lucy Theddle befriends Edie, she thinks all her troubles are over. But Lucy has a secret, one Edie is not certain she should keep . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen Lucy goes missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2018. Edie is eighty-two and still living in Ludthorpe. When one day she glimpses Lucy Theddle, still looking the same as she did at fifteen, her family write it off as one of her many mix ups. There's a lot Edie gets confused about these days. A lot she finds difficult to remember. But what she does know is this: she must find out what happened to Lucy, all those years ago . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'A captivating and poignant book, I was completely hooked. You can't help but fall for Edie' Marianne Cronin, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e100 Years of Lenni and Margot\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This is such a delicate web of a book, a mystery deftly woven with tension and compassion. Edie is a heartbreaking figure, struggling to catch her last memories before they're blown away forever - her quest\/plight is absorbing and extremely poignant' Beth Morrey, author of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSaving Missy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Zaffre Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42822037307472,"sku":"9781804181256B","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781804181256-l.jpg?v=1785886218","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/one-puzzling-afternoon-9781804181256b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}