{"product_id":"the-writing-on-the-wall-isbn-9781906413194","title":"The Writing on the Wall","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A Norwegian Chandler\" JO NESBO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In the best tradition of sleuthery\" \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"One of the finest Nordic novelists in the tradition of Henning Mankell\" BARRY FORSHAW,\u003ci\u003e Independent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBergen, Norway. \u003c\/b\u003eTeenaged girls, many from privileged backgrounds, are being drawn into drugs and prostitution at an astonishing rate. When the local magistrate is discovered dead in a luxury hotel, clad only in women's lingerie, the mystery deepens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCalled in by anxious parents to search for a missing girl, private investigator Varg Veum uncovers clues that lead him deep into Bergen's criminal underworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Veum begins to lift the thin veneer of normality that hides a society on the brink of collapse, it becomes clear that this time he may not escape with his life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTranslated from the Norwegian by Hal Sutcliffe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arcadia Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44897255850213,"sku":"NP9781906413194","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_014a1587-0a0c-4f93-bdb6-6b559ad12abb.jpg?v=1773107060","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-writing-on-the-wall-isbn-9781906413194","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}