{"product_id":"a-schooling-in-murder-1","title":"A Schooling in Murder","description":"*A Times Best Book of the Year* From the author of The Ashes of London, comes a new historical mystery set in the last days of WWII 'Ten out of ten' The Times ‘A grand piece of work – a triumph and one of Taylor’s best’ MICK HERRON 'A wonderfully unique novel from the master of historical crime fiction. Beautiful, haunting, and quite brilliant' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON ‘As good as I’d expect from a master of the craft’ VAL MCDERMID 'A wonderful, subtle novel, set in a strange, enclosed world. Beautiful writing and a gloriously satisfying ending' ANN CLEEVES __________ England, May 1945 In the last days of World War II, Monkshill Park School for Girls stands far apart from the violence in Europe. Yet a woman has been murdered in its grounds. Annabel Warnock, a teacher with a secretive past, has disappeared. The teachers and girls whisper that she’s run away, but in fact she has met a violent end. Replacement tutor and amateur crime writer Alec Shaw arrives to find a school riven with bitter rivalries and dangerous tensions. He begins to suspect there is a real-life mystery waiting to be solved… and these echoing halls hide a killer.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eAuthor: Taylor, Andrew,author\u003cbr\u003eContributors: Taylor, Andrew,author\u003cbr\u003eBinding: paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: \u003cbr\u003eLanguages: English,Published,English,Original Language,Englis\u003cbr\u003ePublished\/Release Date: 26 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003eBic Classification: Crime \u0026amp; mystery, Thriller \/ suspense, Second World War fiction, Horror \u0026amp; ghost stories, Historical fiction\u003cbr\u003ebicCode: \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003ePublisher\/Studio\/Brand: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Director\/Artist: Andrew Taylor\u003cbr\u003eDimension (cm): 198x129x34 mm\u003cbr\u003ePackage Dimension (cm): 34x194x129 mm\u003cbr\u003eItem Weight (g): 268\u003cbr\u003ePackage Weight (g): 330","brand":"Hemlock Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53203955712297,"sku":"BK0008494282","price":42.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0734\/5868\/0105\/files\/91RcgaJuonL.jpg?v=1785743919","url":"https:\/\/www.centloop.com\/en-us\/products\/a-schooling-in-murder-1","provider":"Centloop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}