{"product_id":"9781785631733-beneath-the-streets","title":"Beneath the Streets","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Tommy Wildeblood novel Book 1\u003cbr\u003eWhen Jeremy Thorpe hired thugs to kill his ex-lover they botched it. What if they had succeeded\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhen Jeremy Thorpe hired thugs to kill his ex-lover, they botched it. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e What if they had succeeded?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e ‘As boldly conceived as it is vividly realised, Beneath the Streets is a delight’ – John Preston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e LONGLISTED: Polari Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It is February 1976, and the naked corpse of a young rent boy is fished out of a pond on Hampstead Heath. Since the police don’t seem to care, twenty-year-old Tommy Wildeblood – himself a former ‘Dilly boy’ prostitute – finds himself investigating.\u003cbr\u003e Dodging murderous Soho hoodlums and the agents of a more sinister power, Tommy uncovers another, even more shocking crime: the senior politician Jeremy Thorpe has ordered the murder of his former male lover. The trail of guilt seems to lead higher still, and a ruthless Establishment will stop at nothing to cover its tracks.\u003cbr\u003e In a gripping thriller whose cast of real-life characters includes Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his adviser Lady Falkender, Adam Macqueen plays ‘what if’ with Seventies political history – with a sting in the tail that reminds us that the truth can be just as chilling as fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40945357455457,"sku":"9781785631733","price":9.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38849183_3aef2c66-3e30-44e7-bc8a-cca30e4e36d7.jpg?v=1764391680","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785631733-beneath-the-streets","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}