{"product_id":"magpie-lane-isbn-9781786485571","title":"Magpie Lane","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Intricate, intelligent, immensely satisfying, and with a deliciously spooky edge\" --Cara Hunter, author of \u003ci\u003eIn the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eRoaming through Oxford's secret passages and hidden graveyards, \u003ci\u003eMagpie Lane\u003c\/i\u003e explores the true meaning of family--and what it is to be denied one.\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhen the eight-year old daughter of an Oxford College Master vanishes in the middle of the night, police turn to the Scottish nanny, Dee, for answers. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAs Dee looks back over her time in the Master's Lodging--an eerie and ancient house--a picture of a high achieving but dysfunctional family emerges: Nick, the fiercely intelligent and powerful father; his beautiful Danish wife Mariah, pregnant with their child; and the lost little girl, Felicity, almost mute, seeing ghosts, grieving her dead mother. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBut is Dee telling the whole story? Is her growing friendship with the eccentric house historian, Linklater, any cause for concern? And most of all, why was Felicity silent?\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Highly Intelligent\" --Sarah Vaughan, author of \u003ci\u003eAnatomy of a Scandal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\"Beguiling\" --Mick Herron, author of the Slough House series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44896735166693,"sku":"NP9781786485571","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/21f0f2b8-e57a-4ad3-ac64-ab6800f76131.jpg?v=1773086501","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/magpie-lane-isbn-9781786485571","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}