{"product_id":"the-ways-of-the-world-a-james-maxted-thriller-paperback","title":"The Ways of the World: A James Maxted Thriller - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Goddard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Edgar Award-winning writer Robert Goddard comes a captivating new historical thriller, set at the tail end of World War I and featuring the devilishly charismatic James Max Maxted, a Royal Flying Corps veteran who has a knack for getting himself in trouble. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spring of 1919, Paris is filled with delegates working towards the Treaty of Versailles--British diplomat Sir Henry Maxted among them. But before his work is done, he turns up dead outside a Montparnasse apartment building. The French police conclude that Sir Henry tripped and fell from the roof, but when his son Max is sent to Paris to collect the body, it quickly becomes clear that there is more to the story, starting with the beautiful woman whose apartment Sir Henry often visited. What begins as an innocent inquiry into his father's death soon leads Max into a perilous world of secret allegiances, international espionage, and double- and triple-crosses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Ways of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid, visceral thriller at the crossroads of history, where one spilled secret has the power to change the fate of empires.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Goddard\u003c\/b\u003e is the Edgar Award-winning, internationally best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eLong Time Coming\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePast Caring\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInto the Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the first WH Smith Thumping Good Read Award. Goddard read history at the University of Cambridge and lives in Cornwall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 14, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53404505276781,"sku":"9780802125064","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/eOil6juP8-9780802125064.webp?v=1780596252","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/the-ways-of-the-world-a-james-maxted-thriller-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}