{"product_id":"a-woman-much-missed-9566","title":"A Woman Much Missed","description":"\u003cp\u003eA few days before Christmas with Parma gripped by frost and fog Ghitta Tagliavini the elderly owner of a guesthouse in the old town centre is found murdered in her apartment. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The case is assigned to Commissario Soneri but the investigation holds a painful personal element that sends waves of nostalgia sweeping through him. Tagliavini's guesthouse is where Soneri met his late wife Ada and where the young couple spent unforgettable hours in each other's company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But the present can embitter even the sweetest memories. An old photograph of Ada with another man sends Soneri into a spiral of despondency ever more so when he realises her death may be linked to Tagliavina's lucrative sideline as a backstreet abortionist and faith healer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Though Soneri would like nothing more than to be allowed to drop the case he doggedly persists uncovering at last along with the truth behind Tagliavini's death rife corruption at Parma's rotten heart and a raft of ghosts from Italy's divisive past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Italian by Joseph Farrell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786491883699,"sku":"9780857053459","price":840.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477290569780857053459.jpg?v=1762803055","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/a-woman-much-missed-9566","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}