{"product_id":"dead-as-gold-a-beautifully-wrought-gothic-crime-novel-of-buried-pasts-and-the-fairytales-that-haunt-us","title":"Dead as Gold: A beautifully wrought gothic crime novel of buried pasts and the fairytales that haunt us","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Love Reading Star Book and Best Book of the Year Pick\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Melding modern mystery with fairy tale truths, this engrossing gothic crime novel is a thrilling, lyrical triumph'\u003c\/strong\u003e Love Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Bonnie Burke-Patel, author of \u003cem\u003eI Died at Fallow Hall\u003c\/em\u003e, shortlisted for the 2025 Betty Trask Award, CWA Gold Dagger, and the Theakstons Old Peculier McDermid Debut Award.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Conlan has made a new life for himself in Morrow-on-Sea. After a wild youth, the goldsmith had settled down, determined to be around for his young son. But now Ophelia Richards appears at his studio door, asking if he will buy her gold. The writer entices and unsettles him; he sees she is adrift in the same cold pain and loneliness as he is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, faces begin appearing at the studio window, an unwelcome gift arrives in the post, gold goes missing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen comes death, then comes Detective Inspector William Kent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWoven through with Morrow’s fairy tales, \u003cem\u003eDead as Gold\u003c\/em\u003e is a modern gothic crime novel veined with love, violence, family, and desire. Humans still use fairy tales to explore their deepest truths. So who is a wolf, and who is a sparrow?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnie Burke-Patel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57007492202761,"sku":"9781835010860","price":10.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0939\/6181\/4281\/files\/9781835010860.jpg?v=1776694610","url":"https:\/\/bookstation.ie\/products\/dead-as-gold-a-beautifully-wrought-gothic-crime-novel-of-buried-pasts-and-the-fairytales-that-haunt-us","provider":"Bookstation","version":"1.0","type":"link"}