{"product_id":"9781408853573-bitter-remedy","title":"Bitter Remedy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Alec Blume Case\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Alec Blume is an inspired creation. An American who has become a commissioner in the Italian police, he's a sly, sardonic loner who gives the impression of knowing Rome better than its natives . Fitzgerald is an elegant, visual writer' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A powerful and hugely compelling thriller' \u003c\/b\u003eWilliam Boyd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThere’s no cure for murder…\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommissario Alec Blume, on health leave and fleeing his partner Caterina, has retreated from Rome to central Italy. At the Villa Romanelli he enrolls on a natural remedies course conducted by a young woman named Silvana.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut far from recuperating or resolving his differences with Caterina, a feverish Blume becomes isolated and sluggish with sickness. Increasingly ill-at-ease in the stifling environment, the dark history of the crumbling villa and its once-magnificent gardens draws him in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd when a Romanian girl who works for Silvana’s ambiguous fiancé Niki asks for his help, Blume finds himself dragged into the shadowy case of a missing girl, and the secret horrors of the garden’s malign beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449760067958,"sku":"9781408853573","price":4.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27131528.jpg?v=1760446656","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408853573-bitter-remedy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}