{"product_id":"winker-hb-9781472153982","title":"Winker","description":"\u003cp\u003eA highly enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse with perfect period texture and some nicely wry humour' The Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This playful caper is equally successful as a detailed, culture-rich evocation of its period and an English reworking of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley' The Sunday Times\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLondon, 1976.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn Belgravia in the heat of summer, Lee Jones, a faded and embittered rock star, is checking out a group of women through the heavy cigarette smoke in a crowded pub. He makes eye contact with one, and winks. After allowing glances to linger for a while longer, he finally moves towards her.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn that moment, his programme of terror - years in the making - has begun.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMonths later, the first of the many chilling headlines to come appears: 'Police hunting winking killer.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCharles Underhill, a wealthy Englishman living in Paris, has good reason to be interested in the activities of the so-called Winking Killer. With a past to hide and his future precarious, Charles is determined to discover the Winker's identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the overheating cities of London, Oxford, Paris and Nice, a game of cat and mouse develops, and catching someone's eye becomes increasingly perilous. But if no one dares look, a killer can hide in plain sight . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 'a master of historical crime fiction' (The Guardian), The Winker is a gripping thriller that won't let you look away.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42977667973286,"sku":"9781472153982","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781472153982_1_ef9fd65a-5412-45ee-b2ef-2732e23bbe99.jpg?v=1656103614","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/winker-hb-9781472153982","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}