{"product_id":"karolina-and-the-torn-curtain-maryla-szymiczkowa-9780358157571","title":"Karolina and the Torn Curtain","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"An ingenious marriage of comedy and crime\" (Olga Tokarczuk, Nobel laureate): when amateur sleuth and cunning socialite Zofia Turbotyńska's beloved maid goes missing, she dives deep into Cracow's web of crime, with only her trusted cook for company.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cracow, 1895. Zofia and her maid Franciszka have their hands full organizing Easter festivities, especially with the household short one servant--where has the capable Karolina disappeared to? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shortly after, Zofia hears that the body of a young woman, violated and stabbed, has washed up on a bank of the River Vistula. Domestic work can wait--Zofia must go investigate. Shockingly, the body turns out to be none other than Karolina. Working with the police, Zofia's investigations take her deep into the city's underbelly--a far cry from the socialite's Cracow she's familiar with. Desperate to unearth what happened to Karolina, though, she pushes her prejudice aside, immersing herself among prostitutes, gangsters, and duplicitous politicians to unravel a twisted tale of love and deceit. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Written with abundant wit and flair,\"* Cracow's finest, and most iconoclastic, amateur sleuth returns in a highly politicized feminist murder mystery. \u003cbr\u003e *\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maryla Szymiczkowa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0358157579\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780358157571\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harpervia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/2021","brand":"Maryla Szymiczkowa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049942774015,"sku":"9780358157571","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfe6a610-794f-4094-9bea-1f76280882f6.jpg?v=1685004285","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/karolina-and-the-torn-curtain-maryla-szymiczkowa-9780358157571","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}