{"product_id":"9781918107036","title":"Black Earth","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Kate London\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eCrime \u0026amp; mystery\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 November 2026 by Firefinch Publishing in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Stoke Rising' series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 352 pages\u003cbr\u003e241 x 162 x 35 | 556g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e*** The first limited print run of Kate London's new hardback will be signed and feature sprayed-edges - pre-order now! (While stock lasts.) ***'Kate London, the new rising star of crime fiction, is the real thing’ Tony Parsons, bestselling author of Man and BoyChange will divide a country. Murder will destroy a family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1959. A group of boys from the mining village of Murton run out to play together. When a tragedy occurs, it changes the lives of these boys and everyone around them forever, sending shockwaves that reverberate through their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1984. Detective Constable Ian Weldon has been running away from himself since he was a boy. He worked in Merseyside covering serious crime, but now lives in a remote police house working as a local cop. His brother, Stephen, is on the front lines of the miners' strike in Stoke.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe force is already stretched to breaking point when Ian is called in to investigate the brutal murder of a childhood friend. The case brings Ian face-to-face with his past, his family, and with the life he left behind. As tensions erupt and tempers fray, the community fractures. When Stephen's son Christopher goes missing, it becomes a race against time to solve the case. Ian and his family must fight for the answers they need and the future they want, before it’s too late.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57012215546242,"sku":"9781918107036","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781918107036.jpg?v=1793608588","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.com\/products\/9781918107036","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}