{"product_id":"the-hatchet-man-paperback","title":"The Hatchet Man - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Marshall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePostman Lawrence Shang was watching a film called The Axeman of Shanghai when his life abruptly ended. Carpet trader Edward Peng was enjoying The Last Picture Show. Death in both cases was instantaneous, caused by a small calibre handgun used at a range of two feet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith their deaths begins a series of apparently motiveless murders in one cinema after another across the Hong Bay district of Hong Kong - and a nightmarish investigation for \u003cstrong\u003eHarry Feiffer\u003c\/strong\u003e, Detective Chief Inspector, Royal Hong Kong Police Force, and his staff at the Yellowthread Police Station.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hatchet Man's next victim is a sailor off an American ship. Then a German is shot in an auction room. There's an unaccountable killing on a train near the Chinese border. And the crazy old Mrs Mortimer from the Old People's Home steps in front of a tram . . . And for Harry Feiffer, time is running out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFull of real police procedure, suspense and fine irony, but with whole extra dimensions of the surreal and the poignant, the Yellowthread Street novels have no real compare - a hidden masterpiece of crime fiction.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42702771257407,"sku":"9781911440970","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ae99c4415da2dbfaefb6dba0605deef0_f2e81671-839c-48e8-acd8-3b9ba3d960ef.webp?v=1765026272","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-hatchet-man-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}