{"product_id":"the-afterlife-of-harry-playford-the-second-literary-mystery-in-the-stephen-minter-series-from-the-award-winning-author-perfect-for-readers-of-ian-mcewan-se","title":"The Afterlife Of Harry Playford: The Second Literary Mystery In The Stephen Minter Series, From The Award-winning Author, Perfect For Readers Of Ian Mcewan, Se","description":"\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e.cs3388614{text-align:left;margin:0pt 0pt 10pt 0pt;line-height:1.15;text-indent:0pt} .cs95B300B{11pt;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-style:normal;Calibri;}\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\t\r\n\t\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eThe Afterlife of Harry Playford by Steven Carroll is a post-war literary mystery that blends a smart detective story with the moral unease of early Cold War Australia. Set in Queenscliff, Victoria in 1951, it opens with an unsettling scene: a neat pile of clothes on a winter beach and a man gone without a trace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eDetective Sergeant Stephen Minter, newly arrived from England, is asked to accept the simplest answer — drowning. But the missing man is Harry Playford, a rising political figure with a carefully managed public life, a wife, and a mistress. As Minter digs in, the case begins to pull at bigger questions of loyalty, secrecy and ambition, where personal lives and public power don’t sit neatly apart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003ePerfect for readers who like Australian crime fiction with literary depth, historical settings, and character-driven investigation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003e\u003co:p\u003e \u003c\/o:p\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"cs3388614\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"cs95B300B\"\u003eStep onto the sand with Minter and see what the name “Harry Playford” really hides.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dear Village","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52263723925780,"sku":"9781460764596","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/6460\/0596\/files\/9781460764596_1.jpg?v=1774244707","url":"https:\/\/dearvillage.com.au\/products\/the-afterlife-of-harry-playford-the-second-literary-mystery-in-the-stephen-minter-series-from-the-award-winning-author-perfect-for-readers-of-ian-mcewan-se","provider":"Dear Village","version":"1.0","type":"link"}