{"product_id":"fair-play-a-novel","title":"Fair Play: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Louise Hegarty’s genre-splicing debut is a treat—clever, confident, and always surprising, a mystery story that ingeniously escapes the locked room of the genre to take on the biggest questions of life and death.”—Paul Murray, author of The Bee Sting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Anthony Horowitz and Lucy Foley, a wonderfully original, genre-breaking literary debut from Ireland that’s an homage to the brilliant detective novels of the early twentieth century, a twisty modern murder mystery, and a searing exploration of grief and loss.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA group of friends gather at an Airbnb on New Year’s Eve. It is Benjamin’s birthday, and his sister Abigail is throwing him a jazz-age Murder Mystery themed party. As the night plays out, champagne is drunk, hors d’oeuvres consumed, and relationships forged, consolidated or frayed. Someone kisses the wrong person; someone else’s heart is broken.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the morning, all of them wake up—except Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Abigail attempts to wrap her mind around her brother’s death, an eminent detective arrives determined to find Benjamin's killer. In this mansion, suddenly complete with a butler, gardener and housekeeper, everyone is a suspect, and nothing is quite as it seems. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill the culprit be revealed? And how can Abigail, now alone, piece herself back together in the wake of this loss?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGripping and playful, sharp and profoundly moving, Fair Play plumbs the depths of the human heart while subverting one of our most popular genres.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52953639321907,"sku":"9780063360563","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0843\/1108\/1267\/files\/9780063360563.jpg?v=1768437171","url":"https:\/\/slantoflightbooks.com\/products\/fair-play-a-novel","provider":"Slant of Light Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}