{"product_id":"9780712355247","title":"Death in High Heels","description":"Author: Christianna Brand\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780712355247\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: British Library Publishing\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 01 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 256\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'My dear Inspector, this is simply nonsense. Girls don't murder each other in respectable dress shops.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLife for the staff of the West End boutique Christophe et Cie is hard enough with all the pressures of delivering the ambitious Mr. Bevan's vision  and then comes murder, a poisoning via the toxic crystals of hat-cleaner, pitching haute couture into heinous crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFaced with a fashionable collection of overwrought designers, buttoned-up models, downtrodden sales girls and tyrannical middle-managers, the dashing Inspector Charlesworth of Scotland Yard must disentangle workplace grudges from deadly motives before the killer can make a trend of murder. First published in 1941, Brand's debut mystery is brimming with the caustic wit, ingenious misdirection and ruthless twists that would later earn her a place among the queens of classic crime fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'It is a very long time since I have read a better story. Oh yes, this is not only the book of the month, but the book of the year.'  Raymond Postgate in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime and Tide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, April 1941\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A bull's-eye! Miss Brand has succeeded not only with the puzzle (which is uncommonly good), but even more with the atmosphere.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIllustrated London News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'This new writer of mystery tales is welcome, for she has a cheerfully satiric manner... The reader is kept on tenterhooks until the end.' \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46680685543582,"sku":"ADS-9780712355247","price":22.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780712355247.jpg?v=1775543867","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780712355247","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}