{"product_id":"2026200014087-secondhand-trial-by-murder","title":"Trial By Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: First UK ed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a seemingly unsolvable murder case throws a quiet community into turmoil, the truth proves far more sinister than anyone dared imagine — Trial by Murder is a tightly wound crime mystery that places its protagonist, Maria Lester, at the treacherous intersection of evidence, accusation, and deadly secrets. Grace Hoster constructs a world where circumstantial facts mislead and the hunt for a killer demands nerves of steel, as the net of suspicion draws tighter around those least expected to harbour guilt.\n\nHoster's prose is methodical yet gripping, characteristic of the golden-age crime tradition, where the architecture of a mystery is built with meticulous care and dismantled with satisfying precision. Her narrative argues that justice is never a straightforward affair — that murder trials reveal as much about the living as they do about the dead. For readers who relish a cerebral whodunit steeped in atmospheric tension, Trial by Murder presents an irresistible puzzle whose final revelation is guaranteed to surprise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161004024027,"sku":"2026200014087-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/2eb6187d-9822-4ca6-8382-4178328555e7.png?v=1787188833","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014087-secondhand-trial-by-murder","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}