{"product_id":"where-the-bodies-are-buried-isbn-9780349123356","title":"Where the Bodies Are Buried","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book in the Jasmine Sharp series, from author Christopher Brookmyre.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 'tense, moving, and gloriously twisted' (Mark Billingham) top ten \u003ci\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eQuite Ugly One Morning \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDetective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don't do whodunit. They do score-settling, vendettas and petty revenge. And however she looks at it, the discovery of a dead drug-dealer in a back alley means she's going to be busy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, aspiring actress Jasmine Sharp is reluctantly - and incompetently - working for her uncle Jim's private investigation business. When Jim goes missing, Jasmine has to take on the investigator mantle for real, and her only lead points to a professional assassin who has been dead for twenty years. Soon Jasmine stumbles into a web of corruption and secrets that leaves her running for her life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'[A] smartly written mainstream detective story . . . Brookymre deftly twists one case around the other' Marilyn Stasio\u003ci\u003e, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A brainy, barbed noir, this book takes its time setting the scene and establishing its characters. Most of its violence occurs off the page. But with its contrasting characters . . . and skillfully orchestrated sense of bad things to come, the novel maintains a solid grip on the reader. Brookmyre isn't as well-known in the States as fellow Scottish mystery writers Ian Rankin, Val McDermid and Denise Mina, but this first-rate effort may change that' \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abacus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44891654947045,"sku":"NP9780349123356","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_0e0f00c7-681e-4cf4-83fa-45f5df8332ed.jpg?v=1773107556","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/where-the-bodies-are-buried-isbn-9780349123356","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}