{"product_id":"1573227951-an_instance_of_the_fingerpost_a_novel","title":"An Instance of the Fingerpost: A Novel","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are in Oxford in the 1660s - a time, and place, of great intellectual, scientific, religious and political ferment. Robert Grove, a fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear about the events surrounding his death from four witnesses: Marco da Cola, a Venetian Catholic intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; Jack Prescott, the son of a supposed traitor to the Royalist cause determined to vindicate his father; John Wallis, chief cryptographer to both Cromwell and Charles II, a mathematician, theologican and inveterate plotter; and Anthony Wood, the famous Oxford antiquary. Each witness tells their version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Instance of the Fingerpost\u003c\/i\u003e is a magnificent \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e: an utterly compelling historical mystery story with a plot that twists and turns and keeps the reader guessing until the very last page.\u003c\/p\u003e\nLos Angeles Times Book Review\n\u003cp\u003eFascinating...quite extraordinary...elevates the murder mystery to the category of high art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fiction\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eCrime \u0026amp; Mystery\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Riverhead Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":45369962889406,"sku":"1573227951-4","price":20.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/419yqWRr0yL._SL500.jpg?v=1757015129","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/1573227951-an_instance_of_the_fingerpost_a_novel","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}