{"product_id":"9781913054403","title":"The Mystery of the Peacock's Eye: An Anthony Bathurst Mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Anonymity is such a terribly strong position in which to entrench one’s self. To you I am Sheila Delaney – to me you are – an unknown quantity.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Hunt Ball in Westhampton, Sheila Delaney dances the night away with a stranger – a man who wanted only to be known as Mr X. At the end of the evening, he departs as mysteriously as he appeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMonths later, private investigator Anthony Bathurst is approached by the Crown Prince of Clorania over a nasty blackmail case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time a sea-side dentist finds that the girl he was treating has been found dead, apparently injected with cyanide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe three events prove to be intimately related, and Anthony Bathurst and Chief Detective-Inspector Bannister find themselves on the trail of an exceptionally ruthless murderer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Mystery of the Peacock’s Eye\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1928. This new edition includes an introduction by crime fiction historian Steve Barge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the ablest pieces of misdirection one could wish to meet” \u003cem\u003eSutherland Scott\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dean Street Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46513420828913,"sku":"9781913054403","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781913054403_p0.jpg?v=1765930646","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781913054403","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}