{"product_id":"9780008545581","title":"Claws Out!","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Bella Mackie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 27 August 2026 by Harpercollins Publishers (The Borough Press) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e162 x 242 x 35 | 582g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Such wicked fun. A darkly delicious mystery and sharply observed satire in one wildly entertaining package. Bella Mackie has outdone herself' LUCY FOLEY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Bella Mackie's books are salacious, gripping and very funny' JOE LYCETT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Meet Diana Leyland. Widowed three times, but let's not blame the woman now…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Diana’s on the hunt and has the perfect new target.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Finally, the type of wealth she’s always dreamed of. A five-storey house in Hampstead, unfettered access to London’s liberal elite and a bloated bank account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e If she can ensnare David Farrand, then she really will have clawed her way to the top.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The only snag? David’s daughter, Cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Diana might have got her claws into David, but Cat is sharpening her own. Entitled, suspicious and used to getting her own way, she’s been digging into Diana’s past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e And it turns out Diana’s last three marriages have one thing in common: the silly old fools are all six feet under.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e To lose one husband is unlucky. To lose two is careless. But three? Three must be murder.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Ingeniously plotted… deliciously spiky' SUNDAY TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Bella Mackie’s books are a sharp magnificence; witty, biting and delicious' KATHERINE RUNDELL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A gleefully black-hearted satire of well-heeled North London life' MAIL ON SUNDAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  'Incisive social satire and expert pacing will keep you laughing' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56882197594498,"sku":"9780008545581","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9780008545581.jpg?v=1788248864","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.com\/products\/9780008545581","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}