{"product_id":"a-bitter-remedy-alis-hawkins-the-oxford-mysteries-1","title":"A Bitter Remedy - Alis Hawkins (The Oxford Mysteries #1)","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmongst the scholars, secrets and soporifics of Victorian Oxford, the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJesus College, Oxford, 1881. An undergraduate is found dead at his lodgings and the medical examination reveals some shocking findings. When the young man's guardian blames the college for his death and threatens a scandal, Basil Rice, a Jesus College fellow with a secret to hide, is forced to act and finds himself drawn into Sidney Parker's sad life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mystery soon attracts the attention of Rhiannon 'Non' Vaughan, a young Welsh polymath and one of the young women newly admitted to university lectures. But when neither the college principal nor the powerful ladies behind Oxford's new female halls will allow her to become involved, Non's fierce intelligence and determination to prove herself drive her on.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth misfits at the university, Non and Basil form an unlikely partnership, and it soon falls to them to investigate the mysterious circumstances of Parker's death. But between corporate malfeasance and snake-oil salesmen, they soon find the dreaming spires of Oxford are not quite what they seem.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57433260032380,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/8930\/2764\/files\/abm-ah-01.jpg?v=1789122893","url":"https:\/\/bookbubble.co.uk\/products\/a-bitter-remedy-alis-hawkins-the-oxford-mysteries-1","provider":"Book Bubble\/Old School Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}