{"product_id":"the-breaker","title":"The Breaker","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eSecond-Hand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 12.0pt 0cm;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: 'Segoe UI',sans-serif; color: #212b36;\"\u003eExcellent condition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTwelve hours after a woman's broken body is washed up on a deserted shore on the south coast of England, her traumatised three-year-old daughter is discovered twenty miles away walking the streets of Poole, alone and apparently abandoned.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhy was Kate Sumner killed and her daughter, a witness, allowed to live? More curiously, why had Kate willingly boarded a boat when she had a terror of drowning at sea?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePolice suspicion centres on a young actor, a loner with an obsession for pornography who lies about his relationship with Kate, and whose sailing boat is moored just yards away from where the toddler is found. As the investigation proceeds, attention shifts inexorably towards the murdered woman's husband. Was he really in Liverpool the night she died? And is Kate the 'respectable woman' he claims her to be? And why does their daughter scream every time he tries to pick her up?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith her first five novels, Minette Walters has established herself as one of the most exciting crime fiction writers today. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ice House\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1991) was her debut mystery thriller, followed by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Sculptress\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1993), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Scold's Bridle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1994), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Dark Room\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1995) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Echo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1997). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Minette Walters","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43089545396393,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0424\/9518\/0962\/files\/download_1_ba234fa2-cb0f-4976-b179-59b614b9cec6.jpg?v=1685851212","url":"https:\/\/roseyravelstonbooks.com.au\/products\/the-breaker","provider":"RoseyRavelston Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}