{"product_id":"9780751553550","title":"Rough Cider","description":"Author: Peter Lovesey\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780751553550\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Sep 2014\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe standalone novel from the critically-acclaimed Peter Lovesey. \u003ci\u003eRough Cider\u003c\/i\u003e was nominated for an Edgar Award.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is World War II and American soldiers stationed in rural England have made friends, especially with the local girls. After a dance to celebrate the pressing of the apples into cider, the resentment of the local men leads to violence and a murder. Later, a baby girl is born.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYears later, Theo, a university lecturer, is approached by an American girl called Alice. She wants to be told about her father, a GI hanged for murder in Somerset during World War II. As a boy, Theo had been a principal witness for the prosecution.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlice persuades him to revisit the farm where Theo was evacuated, staunchly determined to discover the facts. The horrors of the past take on a frightening immediacy when long-forgotten jealousies come to the surface and another murder is committed.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47918985773214,"sku":"ING-9780751553550","price":35.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780751553550.jpg?v=1782802396","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780751553550","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}