{"product_id":"stella-ryman-and-the-search-for-thelma-hu","title":"Stella Ryman and the Search for Thelma Hu","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003etella remembered Mad Cassandra Browning’s words: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThere is danger, Stella Ryman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. She shoved a hand deep into her pocket and wrapped her fingers around the keys to every door in Fairmount Manor Care Home. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eWhat had Thelma asked for?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eA real crime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia,serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e. This morning, Stella could smell crime, as clearly as the aromas of breakfast that wafted along the twisting Fairmount Manor corridors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong id=\"docs-internal-guid-e6700167-7fff-5629-9efe-9db62c83a5ef\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eOctogenarian sleuth Stella Ryman returns to investigate a perplexing care home mystery that precipitates the disappearance of her closest friend, the fragile and fierce Thelma Hu.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong id=\"docs-internal-guid-e6700167-7fff-5629-9efe-9db62c83a5ef\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eThe Greek Chorus spells out Thelma’s doom: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003e“Those who leave Fairmount seldom return.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 12pt; margin-bottom: 12pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;\"\u003eStella’s only hope to find Thelma and bring her home, is to escape Fairmount Manor and head out alone, armed with her wiles and the resilience born of long experience  —  through the big city that she never thought she’d see again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong id=\"docs-internal-guid-e6700167-7fff-5629-9efe-9db62c83a5ef\" style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pulp Literature Press","offers":[{"title":"Perfect Bound","offer_id":50352169124144,"sku":"9781988865799","price":18.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk\/products\/stella-ryman-and-the-search-for-thelma-hu","provider":"The Great British Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}