{"product_id":"the-man-in-black-and-other-stories-9781529420531","title":"The Man in Black and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFrom the internationally bestselling author of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eRuth Galloway Mysteries\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, an eclectic, thrilling collection of short stories, featuring many characters that readers have come to know and love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElly Griffiths has always written short stories to experiment with different voices and genres as well as to explore what some of her fictional creations such as Ruth Galloway, Harbinder Kaur, and Max Mephisto might have done outside of the novels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Man in Black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e gathers these bite-sized tales all together in one splendid volume.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are ghost stories, cozy mysteries, tales of psychological suspense, and poignant vignettes of love and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the title story, Ruth Galloway crosses paths with a mysterious man in a bookstore, setting in motion a rescue mission that hinges on the legends and lore of Norfolk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking into the past, a young magician in 1920s Leeds wonders just what happened to his missing landlady in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMax Mephisto and the Disappearing Act.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJustice Jones and the Etherphone,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a witty girl detective investigates the dire prediction of a fortune teller in dreary postwar London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA flashback in time reveals \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHarbinder Kaur\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as a Detective Sergeant surviving her first day on the job at Shoreham DCI.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo celebrate the holidays, Ruth gets her very first Christmas tree, and her beloved cat narrates his own seasonal story in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFlint’s Fireside Tale.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd readers can armchair travel with stories set on the Amalfi Coast, in Capri, and in Egypt as Ruth and DCI Nelson experience their very own version of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDeath on the Nile\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Man in Black\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e illustrates the breadth and variety of Elly Griffiths’s talent for blood-chilling, page-turning stories all with her trademark humor and heart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Quercus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46210874769565,"sku":"9781529420531","price":69.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0511\/7575\/1837\/files\/9781529420531_MPH.jpg?v=1736826059","url":"https:\/\/mphonline.com\/products\/the-man-in-black-and-other-stories-9781529420531","provider":"MPHOnline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}