{"product_id":"the-girls-by-john-bowen","title":"The Girls by John Bowen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn summer, and particularly when the wind blows south-west across the lawn, the sceptic tank gives out a strong stench…\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e ‘\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOh, it is a body,’ the girls say. ‘We have a body in there. No one you know.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIt decomposes, of course, but so slowly one quite despairs.’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn their lovely, quiet Cotswolds village, Janet and Susan are known to the villagers simply as ‘the girls’. Partners in love and work, co-proprietors of a picturesque shop, they lead an enviable, enviably settled life. But when a moment of small, surprising passion intrudes into the equilibrium of their world, the girls’ lives take a deeply unsettling turn.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFirst comes motherhood. Then comes murder. Part-macabre comedy, part-crime thriller, part-cosy romance, John Bowen’s The Girls is a novel like none other.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTold with warmth, affection and fun, yet laced with darkness and unease, The Girls will ensure you never look on Middle England quite so quaintly again. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chapters of Thornhill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59787746378062,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0864\/2002\/9774\/files\/9781529970982.jpg?v=1780392545","url":"https:\/\/www.chaptersthornhill.com\/products\/the-girls-by-john-bowen","provider":"Chapters of Thornhill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}