{"product_id":"the-seat-of-the-scornful","title":"The Seat of the Scornful","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOver a long career in the courts Justice Horace Ireton has a garnered a reputation for merciless rulings and his dedication to meting out strict, impartial justice. Taking a break from his duty after a session of assizes, Ireton retreats to his seaside bungalow in Devon and turns his attention to family, and specifically in attempting to bribe his daughter's lover Morrell to leave her alone so that she may instead marry the respectable clerk, Fred Barlow. It seems something about the deal with Morrell must have gone amiss, however, when the police are called to the Justice's residence to find Morrell shot dead and the judge still holding a pistol.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut would the lawman be so bold to commit a murder like this? With a number of strange items making up the physical evidence Dr Gideon Fell, himself an old friend of Ireton's, is summoned to help with the deceptively simple - yet increasingly complex - investigation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"British Library Publishing","offers":[{"title":"The Seat of the Scornful by John Dickson Carr","offer_id":39819068604500,"sku":"9780712354806","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0273\/4699\/3236\/products\/9780712354806.jpg?v=1663406537","url":"https:\/\/kibworthbooks.com\/products\/the-seat-of-the-scornful","provider":"Kibworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}