{"product_id":"9781641299091","title":"Charlie Bright","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWinspear, Jacqueline\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSoho Crime\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/2\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling  author of the Maisie Dobbs series brings post-war California to life  with an unforgettable heroine for our times in \u003ci\u003eCharlie Bright\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco, 1947: Twenty-seven-year-old British war bride Charlotte “Charlie” Bright has been abandoned by her beloved American husband, Mike—and she is puzzled. Charlie's bewilderment deepens when dead-serious hoods arrive on her doorstep demanding to collect on Mike's debts, or else. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut Charlie,  a WWII veteran of the women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service and the  daughter of a London policeman, is no shrinking violet. To stay afloat,  she finds a job working as secretary to a genial San Francisco private  investigator, and embarks on a quest to find out what has happened to  the kind, charismatic Mike. When her probe leads to the sprawling Santa  Clara Valley, a scenic paradise south of the City, so stunning it was  known in the Bay Area as the \"Valley of the Heart's Delight,” she  witnesses new industries and other powerful forces muscling out family  farms and businesses. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the steadfast help of her two best friends and PI boss, Charlie confronts  the powers that be, stirring up trouble with a rogues' gallery of  corrupt police, real estate sharks, journalists, socialites, adulterers  and mobsters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNot  far into the future, the Valley of the Heart's Delight will be known as  Silicon Valley, and Jacqueline Winspear puts us right there at its  shadowy birth. A tour-de-force inspired by real events, \u003ci\u003eCharlie Bright\u003c\/i\u003e is most of all a gripping tale of a powerful heroine demanding, and finding, justice.","brand":"Soho Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48752794566911,"sku":"9781641299091","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781641299091.jpg?v=1782753008","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9781641299091","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}