{"product_id":"the-bette-davis-murder-case-9780312109394","title":"The Bette Davis Murder Case","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"My specialite. A body in the library.\" So exclaims Agatha Mallowan  better known as Agatha Christie  to her neighbor Bette Davis at the discovery of the corpse of famous archaeologist (and notorious egoist) Virgil Wynn. Bette has rented Virgils museum-like mansion in London for a few months of relaxation while her Hollywood lawyers renegotiate her contract  but instead of peace and quiet  she gets embroiled in murder. Bette stumbles headlong into the bitter - and now deadly - Wynn family feud  complete with a cast of characters only George Baxt could create. Mabel  the domineering mother  still interferes although shes been dead for years  as her husband  Sir Roland  knows only too well: Perhaps he has taken Virgils success as an archaeologist and as Mabels favorite too personally. Virgils siblings  Anthea  an unbalanced spinster who writes truly blank verse  and Oscar  who has dedicated himself to cacophonous musical compositions that will never see publication  have begrudged Virgil everything from his lions share of their mothers attention to his wealth  which was their sole support. Where are Bette and Agatha to turn for the solution to a mystery already too close to home? Toss into the mix an overly devoted maid  a beguiling medium whose seances are to die for  a curse from the tomb of an Egyptian queen  a flirtatious police inspector  and a pinel of arsenic - not to mention a host of dead bodies both new and mummified. Only the grand dame of mystery and the sultry starlet of the silver screen could solve the case!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67961660768309,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312109393","price":63.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312109394.jpg?v=1794511070","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bette-davis-murder-case-9780312109394","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}