{"product_id":"a-mythical-case-of-homicide","title":"A Mythical Case of Homicide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-style: italic\u003eThis year’s festival season will be perilous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eZombie cactus season has officially begun in Axia, and Deandra is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color: font-style: italic\u003enot\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1111; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif font-size: background-color:\u003e having a good time. The town is preparing for a festival to honor the versatile plant, and it’s giving Dee—a recovering barista—Pumpkin Spice Latte–season flashbacks.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eMost shop owners in Axia are taking part in the cactus-themed festivities, and Quinn and Rularo Greenwood are no exception. Their shop, InkCraft, is known for its alchemical inks that add magic-powered animation to business cards, signs, and even tattoos. Since the couple will be busy with the festival all weekend, they’ve opted to leave their salica at home, where the high-strung, magic-touched ferret will be more comfortable. They’ve hired a very reluctant Dee to aid in his care.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eThough the ferret often uses the depths of Rularo’s beard as a security blanket, he accepts Dee’s calming presence as a passable, if weak, replacement. But when a customer of Rularo’s dies because of a poison-laced tattoo, Peril is riddled with guilt, sure he could have saved his family from awful allegations had he been with Rularo at the time of the incident.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eUncovering who actually tampered with the tattoo ink is more complicated than Deandra and Peril anticipate. The more they dig, the more they’re sure the incident is connected to a sapient-animal rights group that has been harassing festival attendees. With the clock ticking toward the end of the three-day festival, they must ferret out the culprit before the town’s horde of cactus-crazed tourists depart Axia, leaving InkCraft in shambles … and taking their secrets with them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ringtail Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":50904048730416,"sku":"9781956335361","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/a-mythical-case-of-homicide","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}