{"product_id":"the-winker","title":"The Winker","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A highly enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse with perfect period texture and some nicely wry humour' \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This playful caper is equally successful as a detailed culture-rich evocation of its period and an English reworking of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley' \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003eLondon 1976.  \u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Belgravia in the heat of summer Lee Jones a faded and embittered rock star is checking out a group of women through the heavy cigarette smoke in a crowded pub. He makes eye contact with one and winks. After allowing glances to linger for a while longer he finally moves towards her. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn that moment his programme of terror - years in the making - has begun. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMonths later the first of the many chilling headlines to come appears: \u003ci\u003e'Police hunting winking killer.' \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeanwhile in France. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Underhill a wealthy Englishman living in Paris has good reason to be interested in the activities of the so-called Winking Killer. With a past to hide and his future precarious Charles is determined to discover the Winker's identity.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the overheating cities of London Oxford Paris and Nice a game of cat and mouse develops and catching someone's eye becomes increasingly perilous. But if no one dares look a killer can hide in plain sight . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom 'a master of historical crime fiction' (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003ci\u003eThe Winker\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping thriller that won't let you look away.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791147004083,"sku":"9781472153975","price":559.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478115459781472153975.jpg?v=1762852523","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/the-winker","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}