{"product_id":"the-poison-pen-murders-a-completely-gripping-and-unputdownable-scottish-cozy-murder-mystery-9781807220662","title":"The Poison Pen Murders: A completely gripping and unputdownable Scottish cozy murder mystery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnonymous letters, a years-old mystery and... a dead body? Ally McKinley is on the case!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlly McKinley\u003c\/strong\u003e might be the owner of the cosiest little guesthouse in the Scottish Highlands, but she also has a reputation as an amateur detective! So when a threatening note drops through her elderly neighbour \u003cstrong\u003eJuliet Munro's\u003c\/strong\u003e door, Ally is called in to investigate. 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