{"product_id":"2026200014086-secondhand-a-swan-song-betrayed","title":"A Swan-Song Betrayed","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the final curtain falls on a beloved performer, the mystery begins — A Swan-Song Betrayed by Josephine Bell is a tightly wound crime mystery that draws readers into a world where the glamour of performance conceals dangerous secrets. Bell, a veteran of the British detective fiction tradition, crafts a narrative in which an apparent farewell becomes a gateway to murder, deception, and a web of motives that her shrewd cast of characters must untangle.\n\nBell writes with the cool precision of a trained physician — she was, in fact, a practising doctor — and this clinical eye lends her storytelling an authority and realism rarely found in the genre. Her work sits comfortably within the Golden Age tradition yet carries a distinctly post-war sensibility, grounding its suspense in the believable psychology of ordinary people pushed to extraordinary limits. A Swan-Song Betrayed stands as a compelling testament to Bell's mastery of plot and character, leaving the reader to wonder: in a world of final performances, who truly delivers the killing blow?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161002844379,"sku":"2026200014086-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/f2e0eba6-42b2-46f5-875c-b79fc000dfee.png?v=1787188801","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014086-secondhand-a-swan-song-betrayed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}