{"product_id":"a-remarkable-case-of-burglary-9781448200047","title":"A Remarkable Case of Burglary","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1975, \u003ci\u003eA Remarkable Case of Burglary \u003c\/i\u003etells of Val Leary, who is handsome, charming and broke. On the morning of April Fools' Day 1871, while walking through one of London's wealthiest districts, he notices a young maidservant scrubbing the steps of 53 Northbourne Park Villas. In that instant he conceives the idea for a remarkable case of burglary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe set-up seems perfect, but chance intervenes in a succession of coincidences that place the jewels further and further beyond the reach of Val and his cronies - until... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet in the Upstairs, Downstairs world of Victorian England, this is an ingenious and gripping tale by the acknowledged master of the English crime novel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e H. R. F. Keating\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Reader\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781448200047\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eH. R. F. Keating \u003c\/b\u003ewas born at St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in 1926. He went to Merchant Taylors, leaving early to work in the engineering department of the BBC. After a period of service in the army, which he describes as 'totally undistinguished', he went to Trinity College, Dublin, where he became a scholar in modern languages. He was also the crime books reviewer for\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e for fifteen years. His first novel about Inspector Ghote, \u003ci\u003eThe Perfect Murder\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers Association and an Edgar Allen Poe Special Award.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45115558887539,"sku":"9781448200047","price":22.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_e0504f46-4eb6-4070-9a06-fd0f04e232b7.jpg?v=1781785764","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/a-remarkable-case-of-burglary-9781448200047","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}