{"product_id":"2026200005339-secondhand-spider-girl","title":"Spider Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First British Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good                          \u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good                  \u003cbr\u003eMarkings: No markings\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Some foxing on top of block, pages otherwise fine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA chilling psychological odyssey into the mind of a woman whose scientific obsession becomes a lethal transformation.\n\nFrom Peter Lear (a pseudonym for award-winning crime writer Peter Lovesey) comes Spider Girl, an intense thriller that blurs the line between human behavior and predatory instinct. Sarah Jordan is a gifted PhD student whose life is consumed by the study of arachnids. Having forced herself to conquer a childhood phobia of spiders, her fear has mutated into a deep, perverse fascination. When she is discovered by a television documentary team, they build a giant nylon web for her to perform on in the studio—a space where Sarah feels a strange, intoxicating power.\n\nAs the media dubs her \"Spider Girl,\" the role begins to swallow her identity. Sarah finds herself drifting further from reality and closer to the cold, ritualistic world of her subjects. When a man is found dead in the college gymnasium, those around her—including the smitten research assistant Don—begin to realize that Sarah’s connection to her spiders has crossed a terrifying threshold.\n\nSpun from a web of neurosis, violence, and dark desire, Sarah’s world is closing in. Will Don be able to save her from her own inhuman side, or is he simply the next fly lured into her trap?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48763143848155,"sku":"2026200005339-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/0448df77-399f-4cdd-ab8c-bb5f0b196208.png?v=1778499455","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200005339-secondhand-spider-girl","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}