{"product_id":"9781804997888-the-impossible-thing","title":"The Impossible Thing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Booker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eSnap\u003c\/i\u003e, and winner of the CWA Crime Novel of the Year, comes 'An exciting contemporary whodunnit' (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****’A unique crime novel that is both moving and funny . \u003cb\u003ehighly recommend’\u003c\/b\u003e***** 5-STAR reader review\u003cbr\u003e*****Longlisted for the Theakston \u003cb\u003eCrime Novel of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA summer’s evening in 1926, and six-year-old Celie Shepherd is hungry, desperate and dangling from a cliff, as she stretches out to steal something impossible.\u003c\/b\u003e The bold theft will change Celie’s life, and the lives of many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne hundred years later, a remote home is ransacked by masked men. The only thing taken: a dusty box containing that same impossible thing. What could be so unique - and so valuable - that it is stolen again and again . and again?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins this extraordinary mystery from award-winning Belinda Bauer. \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Thing\u003c\/i\u003e brims with skulduggery at every turn, and is a blazing testament to Belinda Bauer’s status as one of our greatest living crime writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The \u003cb\u003emost suspenseful whodunnit\u003c\/b\u003e you’ll read this year’\u003cbr\u003eLEE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A funny, moving and \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e tale’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eJoyous\u003c\/b\u003e . The most \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003eyarn’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant rollercoaster\u003c\/b\u003e of a crime novel' ROB COWEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders are OBSESSED with \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Thing\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eEnthralling\u003c\/b\u003e, hilarious, mysterious… I thoroughly enjoyed this book’ 5-STAR reader review\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003eperfect \u003c\/b\u003ecrime caper' \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pure \u003cb\u003ejoy\u003c\/b\u003e’ VAL MCDERMID\u003cbr\u003e‘Packs a \u003cb\u003ereal punch\u003c\/b\u003e’ ANN CLEEVES\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eAstonishing\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Comic, \u003cb\u003ethrilling\u003c\/b\u003e and ultimately moving' \u003ci\u003eThe Scottish Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I \u003cb\u003eloved every page\u003c\/b\u003e of this unique mystery.’ CLARE MACKINTOSH, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Let You GO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the \u003cb\u003emost enjoyable\u003c\/b\u003e novels I've read in ages’ PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55249180983670,"sku":"9781804997888","price":8.51,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39013346_6485f8df-9d88-49d3-bc03-f75f44c9c36e.jpg?v=1766026987","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781804997888-the-impossible-thing","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}