{"product_id":"2026200013844-secondhand-savage-breast","title":"Savage Breast","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First UK ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA razor-sharp wit and a deceptively sharp mind define Biff Morrison, Manning Long's redoubtable amateur sleuth, as she finds herself once again entangled in a web of murder, misdirection, and mayhem in Savage Breast. Set against the backdrop of mid-twentieth-century American social life, the novel chronicles Biff's collision with a cast of eccentric suspects and a corpse that nobody seems particularly sorry to see gone — a premise that Long renders with breezy, screwball energy and a keen eye for comic timing. Long's writing style sits confidently in the tradition of the had-I-but-known school of American crime fiction, blending genuine suspense with laugh-out-loud humour in a manner that recalls the best of Phoebe Atwood Taylor. Beneath the effervescent surface, Savage Breast presents a shrewd commentary on gender dynamics and social pretension, with Biff Morrison standing as a quietly subversive heroine who refuses to be underestimated — leaving the reader to wonder, right up to the final page, who truly has the last laugh.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160963555547,"sku":"2026200013844-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6e0271aa-06dc-4413-8826-d2b1a0b658e2.png?v=1787188511","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013844-secondhand-savage-breast","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}