{"product_id":"book-jqf1","title":"Murder at Thornton Park","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormerly published as The Dragon Sleeps\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDragon statue. An ancient sword. A body on the doorstep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat secret has remained hidden at Thornton Park for the last eighty years?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt’s 1927 in Victoria, Australia. A time after the Great War when women have more options opened to them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a weekend house party at Thornton Park, Alexandra Thornton decides to break the news to her father that she wants to be an antiques dealer, like her father, grandfather and great-grandfather before her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGuests include Zhang Huo, a Chinese antiques dealer who, with his son, has brought a Ming dragon statue from China for Thomas Thornton, Alexandra’s father.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenedict Archer, manager of Thornton Antiques in Melbourne, is also invited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Edith Blackburn, her friend since childhood, points out to Alexandra that Benedict is attracted to her, Alexandra can’t believe it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a body is found on the doorstep, another in the orchard, and before the weekend is over, a priceless artefact is stolen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra is determined to discover how these things are connected to the Ming dragon and the antiques her great-grandfather brought with him from Hong Kong so many years ago.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat treasure is worth killing to possess?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49402902479152,"sku":"BDjqf1","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/627586-jqf1-Square.jpg?v=1735626988","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-jqf1","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}