{"product_id":"the-lodger-3594","title":"The Lodger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis second novel from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Deception of Harriet Fleet\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to the aftermath of the Great War in another haunting, atmospheric Gothic tale.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e London in 1919 was a city of ghosts and absences, haunted by the men who marched away but never came back from 'the war to end all wars.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Grace Armstrong believes that she has come to terms with her own loss, the death of her fiancé, the brilliant and dazzling best friend of her brother. He was declared Missing in Action during the Battle of the Somme, but he starts to reappear both in her waking life and dreams.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Grace is appalled when a body, dragged from the Thames, is identified as Catherine Smith, who has lodged with Grace and her family for the last eight years before suddenly disappearing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Catherine had been more than a lodger; she had become a close friend to Grace, who feels compelled to find out what happened. In doing so she is drawn reluctantly into the sordid and dangerous underbelly of London and a scandal that rocked Edwardian society.  Soon Grace finds herself under threat, and the only person prepared to listen is the brooding Tom Monaghan.  But Tom has dark shadows of his own to navigate before being able to put his past behind him to help Grace in her quest for the truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44787067355315,"sku":"9781529407594","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477349659781529407594.jpg?v=1762814832","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-lodger-3594","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}