{"product_id":"the-winker","title":"The Winker","description":"'A highly enjoyable game of cat-and-mouse with perfect period texture and some nicely wry humour' The Guardian\n\n'This playful caper is equally successful as a detailed, culture-rich evocation of its period and an English reworking of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley' The Sunday Times\n\nLondon, 1976.  \n\nIn Belgravia in the heat of summer, Lee Jones, a faded and embittered rock star, is checking out a group of women through the heavy cigarette smoke in a crowded pub. He makes eye contact with one, and winks. After allowing glances to linger for a while longer, he finally moves towards her. \n\nIn that moment, his programme of terror - years in the making - has begun. \n\nMonths later, the first of the many chilling headlines to come appears: 'Police hunting winking killer.' \n\nMeanwhile in France. \n\nCharles Underhill, a wealthy Englishman living in Paris, has good reason to be interested in the activities of the so-called Winking Killer. With a past to hide and his future precarious, Charles is determined to discover the Winker's identity.  \n\nIn the overheating cities of London, Oxford, Paris and Nice, a game of cat and mouse develops, and catching someone's eye becomes increasingly perilous. But if no one dares look, a killer can hide in plain sight . . .\n\nFrom 'a master of historical crime fiction' (The Guardian), The Winker is a gripping thriller that won't let you look away.","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39666227478613,"sku":"9781472153975N","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2481\/5790\/products\/e426eead-4fcd-41c5-be1b-c8ff239e5843.jpg?v=1644250748","url":"https:\/\/smeikalbooks.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-winker","provider":"smeikalbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}