{"product_id":"the-case-of-the-second-chance-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-paperback","title":"The Case of the Second Chance: A Ludovic Travers Mystery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristopher Bush\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Anything doing?'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Maybe, ' he said guardedly, and then as a kind of afterthought: 'Just slipping along to Hampstead. Charles Manfrey's dead.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLudovic Travers is on army leave in London when actor and theatrical impresario Charles Manfrey is murdered, so it is not surprising that Superintendent Wharton - 'the General' to the initiated - pulls him in to help investigate the crime. All the suspects are examined - the rival actor, the housekeeper, the beautiful and calculating secretary - all seem to have a watertight alibi, yet there \u003cem\u003eis\u003c\/em\u003e a clue which Travers and Wharton have overlooked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is only months later, while investigating a case of blackmail, that something very unexpected happens - and gives Travers a second chance of finding the killer of Charles Manfrey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Case of the Second Chance\u003c\/em\u003e was originally published in 1946. This new edition features an introduction by crime fiction historian Curtis Evans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bush gets better and better . . . And Ludovic Travers is becoming one of our favourite sleuths\" \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 210\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 06, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52539330429235,"sku":"9781912574971","price":24.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ZlY5VG10bFpMU1haRzVQVmJsSVQzZz09.webp?v=1760857047","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-case-of-the-second-chance-a-ludovic-travers-mystery-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}