{"product_id":"murkier-than-the-mersey-lee-koss-9798754386099","title":"Murkier than the Mersey","description":"\u003ci\u003eLiverpool, England, November 2020\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the country's highest number of Covid deaths, the northern city of Liverpool is the first place in England to enter Tier Three Lockdown. The historically vibrant city is now a ghost town. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty-nine year old Luke Sharkey, the city's leading property developer, is admitted to hospital. After three days on a ventilator in the intensive care unit of the Royal Liverpool Hospital, he dies. Doctors certify death \u003ci\u003ewith Covid.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePresent at the hospital when Sharkey died, \u003ci\u003eLiverpool Post\u003c\/i\u003e crime reporter Sanjay Singh is convinced he's been murdered. He persuades his old school friend Detective Inspector Steve Whittley to dig deeper, together with Jane Wilson, Merseyside Police's IT whizz. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs they search for the real cause of death, they unravel a complex mesh of corruption and collusion involving the City's long-standing Mayor, Chinese property investment funds and specialist offshore bankers and lawyers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir labyrinthine trail takes them from Liverpool to London, and from Beijing to Panama.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lee Koss\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8754386098\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798754386099\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/26\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.41d","brand":"Lee Koss","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981869089023,"sku":"9798754386099","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4195eb00-1687-4165-aeea-9cfd53bc8122.jpg?v=1683257985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/murkier-than-the-mersey-lee-koss-9798754386099","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}