{"product_id":"the-devil-s-banquet-9781835417317","title":"The Devil's Banquet","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second novel in the Piccadilly Noir series, this dark historical thriller sees Cockney private eye George Harley return to the streets of London’s Soho, populated by gangsters, wide-boys and lowlifes, to investigate a missing cabaret dancer. For fans of Dominic Nolan and Laura Shepherd Robinson.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is 1933, four years after Cockney private eye George Harley brought the infamous child-killer the ‘Nursery Butcher’ to justice, and he’s back in business operating a new detective agency in Soho. For their first case, Harley and his new assistant Bunty are engaged to find a young girl who has run away from home to join a cabaret troupe led by the notorious ‘Queen of Depravity’ Ilse Blau.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut in Harley’s liminal world, things are never straightforward, and the detective soon finds himself embroiled in another pitch-dark scenario, with London’s decadent, thrill-seeking gentry on one side and West End mobsters and wide-boys in search of easy cash on the other.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReturning to London’s frowzy alleyways and sleazy nightclubs, Harley will hunt down answers – no matter how uncomfortable they might turn out to be. But when he becomes ensnared in the mind games of a wily femme fatale, and finds himself up against ruthless Glaswegian gangsters, well-connected occultists, and undercover SS agents, those answers become increasingly hard to find.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phil Lecomber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452805591382,"sku":"9781835417317","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781835417317.jpg?v=1793656226","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.fi\/products\/the-devil-s-banquet-9781835417317","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}