{"product_id":"death-of-a-booksellerbooks","title":"Death of a Bookseller","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA disaffected, true crime-obsessed bookseller develops a dangerous obsession with a colleague.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRoach would rather be listening to the latest episode of her favorite true crime podcast than assisting the boring and predictable customers at her local branch of the bookstore Spines, where she’s worked her entire adult life. A serious true crime junkie, Roach looks down her nose at the pumpkin-spice-latte-drinking casual fans who only became interested in the genre once it got trendy. But when Laura, a pretty and charismatic children’s bookseller, arrives to help rejuvenate the struggling bookstore branch, Roach recognizes in her an unexpected kindred spirit.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDespite their common interest in true crime, Laura keeps her distance from Roach, resisting the other woman’s overtures of friendship. Undeterred, Roach learns everything she can about her new colleague, eventually uncovering Laura’s traumatic family history. When Roach realizes that she may have come across her very own true crime story, interest swiftly blooms into a dangerous obsession.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA darkly funny suspense novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDeath of a Bookseller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e raises ethical questions about the fervor for true crime and how we handle stories that don’t belong to us.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Slater, Alice","offers":[{"title":"Hardback (Thriller)","offer_id":44461673447648,"sku":"","price":13.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/203382807.jpg?v=1702064512","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/death-of-a-booksellerbooks","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}