{"product_id":"2026200014305-secondhand-a-pride-of-heroes","title":"A Pride Of Heroes","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 2nd impression\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Worn\/faded, no tears\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the gilded façade of Doddington Hall, an aristocratic English country house, something is rotten — and Detective Superintendent James Pibble is about to find out what. A Pride of Heroes is the third novel in Peter Dickinson's acclaimed Pibble series, plunging its quietly perceptive detective into the murky world of a noble family whose carefully maintained image conceals corruption, greed, and murder. Set against the quintessentially British backdrop of the landed gentry, the novel presents a razor-sharp dissection of class, privilege, and the lengths to which people will go to protect an illusion of power.\n\nDickinson's writing is distinguished by its dry wit, meticulous plotting, and a sardonic intelligence that cuts through social pretension with surgical precision. His detective, Pibble, is no blunt instrument — he is a subtly drawn, deeply human figure whose quiet observations consistently outmanoeuvre those who underestimate him. Published under the prestigious King Crime imprint by Hodder and Stoughton, this novel stands as a landmark of the British crime fiction renaissance of the late 1960s and early 1970s. For readers who savour mysteries that are as intellectually satisfying as they are atmospherically rich, the question is not whether a crime has been committed at Doddington Hall — but whether the truth, once uncovered, can ever truly be contained.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161006514395,"sku":"2026200014305-SECONDHAND","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7e205b25-4750-40b7-9d1a-0f7a6235d30b.png?v=1787188850","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014305-secondhand-a-pride-of-heroes","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}