{"product_id":"unseasonably-cold-by-amy-ephron-9781958861936","title":"Unseasonably Cold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A spare historical thriller about trusting the wrong people. Our verdict: Get it!\" -\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Unseasonably Cold's atmosphere is Wharton and Towles; its page-turning plot is pure Christie.\" - Airmail Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA socialite living in late-1930s New York City disappears without a trace in\u003cem\u003e Unseasonably Cold, \u003c\/em\u003e Amy Ephron's elegant, melancholy noir of secrets, misapprehensions, and deceptions.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReplete with beautifully observed period detail and sharply drawn characters, \u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold\u003c\/em\u003e is classic storytelling, a mystery crafted with an artist's eye. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRendered in Ephron's lovely, austere literary prose, it is utterly worthy of the era it depicts, when the polite mask of high society's mannered calm disguised the turbulence just beneath; a mirror for the terrible events swirling in Europe at the lead-up to the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e* The Historical Novel Society calls \u003cem\u003eUnseasonably Cold\u003c\/em\u003e Amy Ephron's \"noir-ish 1939 mystery . . . The plot hinges on a police investigation, the multiple family ties, romantic entanglements, hidden and not so hidden relationships.\"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Altogether intriguing-haunting, even-and I couldn't have enjoyed myself more.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Benjamin Dreyer, author of the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eDreyer's English \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Atmospheric. Propulsive. Captivating. Pure Amy.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The View from Lake Como\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"I was enthralled from the first page to the very last. A fascinating, compelling read that I thought about for a long time after. It's not a book to be missed.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-Jill Santopolo, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebest-selling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Light We Lost\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"It's a Faberge egg of a novel. Perfect in detail and execution. Ephron's prose is so incredibly sparse and compelling. I was very taken with it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Holly Goldberg Sloan, best-selling author.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47934411473132,"sku":"9781958861936","price":73.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781958861936-unseasonably-cold.jpg?v=1783917159","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/unseasonably-cold-by-amy-ephron-9781958861936","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}