{"product_id":"stranger-room-frederick-ramsay-9781590585368","title":"Stranger Room","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Ramsay skillfully weaves historical fact into his story, all the while blending brisk action with excellent characterization.\" --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElderly Jonathan Lydell III is proud of his lineage. He is related to the Virginia Lees and to the Custis family. For Lydell, family, status, and history are the only realities--that and his antebellum house.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLydell's house has a very colorful history, and Lydell is committed to restoring it to its pre-Civil War configuration, complete with a \"stranger room.\" In the 1800s, many family homes sported these attached rooms with separate entrances and locks that were kept ready for unknown travelers. The intent was to protect the family from unsavory guests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNearly 150 years ago, an inexplicable murder took place inside the Lydell's locked stranger room. The murderer was never caught. Lydell thinks this brutal history adds to the house's rich character. But when an identical murder is committed in the newly restored stranger room, even Sheriff Ike Schwartz and FBI agent Karl Hedrick can't explain it....\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frederick Ramsay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590585364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590585368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Poisoned Pen Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLarge Print\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Frederick Ramsay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48518926500095,"sku":"9781590585368","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_675511e3-745b-421a-b7ec-38417e7e6ea6.jpg?v=1778736183","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stranger-room-frederick-ramsay-9781590585368","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}