{"product_id":"the-turnglass","title":"The Turnglass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Not just a book, but an experience - one in which twists and turns are both on the page and in the very act of reading itself. Two haunting narratives conspire to create a dark, menacing tale that spans half a century of secrets as they echo back and forth - all while the sand slowly drains away . . . This is a story about stories and their perspectives, the passage of time and the slow march of the inevitable. Vivid, resonant, melancholy and beautiful' \u003cb\u003eJanice Hallett\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A stunning, ingenious, truly immersive mystery. \u003ci\u003eThe Turnglass\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling delight' \u003cb\u003eChris Whitaker \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eStuart Turton meets \u003ci\u003eThe Magpie Murders\u003c\/i\u003e in this immersive and unique story for fans of clever crime fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1880s England\u003c\/b\u003e. On the bleak island of Ray, off the Essex coast, an idealistic young doctor, Simeon Lee, is called from London to treat his cousin, Parson Oliver Hawes, who is dying. Parson Hawes, who lives in the only house on the island - Turnglass House - believes he is being poisoned. And he points the finger at his sister-in-law, Florence. Florence was declared insane after killing Oliver's brother in a jealous rage and is now kept in a glass-walled apartment in Oliver's library. And the secret to how she came to be there is found in Oliver's tête-bêche journal, where one side tells a very different story from the other.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1930s California.\u003c\/b\u003e Celebrated author Oliver Tooke, the son of the state governor, is found dead in his writing hut off the coast of the family residence, Turnglass House. His friend Ken Kourian doesn't believe that Oliver would take his own life. His investigations lead him to the mysterious kidnapping of Oliver's brother when they were children, and the subsequent secret incarceration of his mother, Florence, in an asylum. But to discover the truth, Ken must decipher clues hidden in Oliver's final book, a tête-bêche novel - which is about a young doctor called Simeon Lee . . . \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eTHE TURNGLASS\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Rubin has pulled off the difficult trick of writing an ambitious novel that is also an easy, enjoyable read' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Crime Book of the Month\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'An intricate and thoroughly mesmerising tale of family plots and schemes across several generations' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Your initial amazement at his ingenuity comes to sit alongside an appreciation of the heart and depth he brings to his stories. A risky idea, beautifully executed'\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'If immersive fiction is for you, you'll adore this tête-bêche novel . . . Expect two very different stories that magically come together' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBelfast Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'Wildly clever and evocative, I adored it' \u003cb\u003eAngela Clarke \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48370028904631,"sku":"9781398514508","price":169.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/0585\/8999\/files\/25598933482685.jpg?v=1777536854","url":"https:\/\/bargain-books-3052.myshopify.com\/products\/the-turnglass","provider":"Bargain Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}