{"product_id":"the-quick-a-novel","title":"The quick: a novel","description":"\"Lauren Owen's thrilling first novel introduces an utterly beguiling world. London, 1893: James Norbury is a shy would-be poet, newly down from Oxford and confounded by the sinister, labyrinthine city at his doorstep. Taking up lodging with a dissolute young aristocrat, he is introduced to the drawing rooms of high society and finds love in an unexpected quarter. On the cusp of achieving a happiness long denied to him, he vanishes without a trace. In Yorkshire, his sister Charlotte - only in her twenties but already resigned to life as a rural spinster - sets out to find her brother. Her search for answers leads her to one of the country's pre-eminent and mysterious institutions: The Aegolius Club, whose members include the richest, most ambitious men in England. Trying to save James - and herself - from the Club's designs, Charlotte uncovers a secret world at the city's margins populated by unforgettable characters: a female rope walker turned vigilante, a street urchin with a deadly secret, and the chilling \"Dr. Knife.\" As emotionally involving as it is suspenseful, The Quick will establish its young author as one of contemporary fiction's most dazzling talents\" --","brand":"Blue Vase Bulk","offers":[{"title":"Used \/ 9780812993271-001","offer_id":43818250371133,"sku":"9780812993271-001","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/12230883482477.jpg?v=1791997016","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-quick-a-novel","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}