{"product_id":"twenty-minutes-of-silence-by-kate-briggs-9781804272152","title":"Twenty Minutes of Silence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn an opulent villa near the English Channel lives a family. The father has a safe, a spanner, a candle, and a maid called Rose. The son has a swing, a croquet set, a raincoat, a car. Some members of the family read crime novels to fall asleep (the father), some instead of sleeping (the son), and some to ease the loneliness of an unhappy marriage (the mother).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir equilibrium is shattered in the wake of a shocking incident and the twenty minutes of silence that follow. Darkly comedic and wonderfully strange, \u003cem\u003eTwenty Minutes of Silence\u003c\/em\u003e is a truly original take on the crime genre, inspired by a true story. Here, Hélène Bessette builds a world of intrigue, a world punctured by startling disruptions and unexpected shifts, and in doing so destroys and remakes the crime novel, creating a form wholly new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48318091100396,"sku":"9781804272152","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/twenty-minutes-of-silence-by-kate-briggs-9781804272152","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}