{"product_id":"missing-or-dead-paperback","title":"Missing or Dead - 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\u003eJohn Creasey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBritish sleuth Patrick Dawlish gets caught in a twisted web of deceit spun by a criminal mastermind--from the Edgar Award-winning author.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Patrick Dawlish is too quiet, Scotland Yard gets suspicious. The police are used to him treading about on their turf--with or without their approval. This time, they come to Dawlish for help, asking him to defile his inner sanctum: the Carilon gentleman's club. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Five perfectly respectable young women have gone missing--and all signs point to fellow club member Sebastian Kane, a bombastic explorer and big-game hunter. Only Kane isn't the only suspect. His acquaintance is a woman with a bad reputation, and the five disappeared ladies have all worked as her secretary. As Dawlish inserts himself into their lives, he uncovers accusations of robbery, gold smuggling, and drug trafficking. And the closer Dawlish gets to the truth, the closer he gets to becoming the next trophy on their wall . . .\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Creasey, born in 1908, was a paramount English crime and science fiction writer who used myriad pseudonyms for more than six hundred novels. He founded the UK Crime Writers' Association in 1953. In 1962, his book \u003ci\u003eGideon's Fire\u003c\/i\u003e received the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of the characters featured in Creasey's titles became popular, including George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for a subsequent television series and film. Creasey died in Salisbury, UK, in 1973.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.44 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48757284438265,"sku":"9781504098717","price":20.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/8gkJXkEeql9781504098717.webp?v=1785946246","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/missing-or-dead-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}