{"product_id":"9781910192641","title":"Cross Purpose","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  MacLeary, Claire \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 February 2017 by Saraband.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | \u003cbr\u003e131 x 197 x 34 | 260g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNominated for the 2017 McIlvanney Award for Scottish Crime Book of the Year Two Women, One Quest, Grave Consequences. When Maggie Laird's disgraced ex-cop husband suddenly dies, her humdrum suburban life is turned upside down. With the bills mounting, she takes on his struggling detective agency, enlisting the help of neighbour `Big Wilma'. And so an unlikely partnership is born. But the discovery of a crudely mutilated body soon raises the stakes... and Maggie and Wilma are drawn into an unknown world of Aberdeen's sink estates, clandestine childminding and dodgy dealers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCross Purpose is surprising, gritty, sometimes darkly humorous - a tale combining police corruption, gangs and murder with a paean to friendship, loyalty and how `women of a certain age' can beat the odds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924826521859,"sku":"9781910192641","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781910192641_1d73df8f-a6a8-4c74-a203-9dc8354a45e6.jpg?v=1731420593","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.pro\/products\/9781910192641","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}