{"product_id":"9781835417317-the-piccadilly-noir-series-2","title":"The Devil's Banquet","description":"The second novel in the Piccadilly Noir series, this dark historical thriller sees Cockney private eye George Harley return to the streets of London’s Soho, populated by gangsters, wide-boys and lowlifes, to investigate a missing cabaret dancer. For fans of Dominic Nolan and Laura Shepherd Robinson.It is 1933, four years after Cockney private eye George Harley brought the infamous child-killer the ‘Nursery Butcher’ to justice, and he’s back in business operating a new detective agency in Soho. For their first case, Harley and his new assistant Bunty are engaged to find a young girl who has run away from home to join a cabaret troupe led by the notorious ‘Queen of Depravity’ Ilse Blau.But in Harley’s liminal world, things are never straightforward, and the detective soon finds himself embroiled in another pitch-dark scenario, with London’s decadent, thrill-seeking gentry on one side and West End mobsters and wide-boys in search of easy cash on the other.Returning to London’s frowzy alleyways and sleazy nightclubs, Harley will hunt down answers – no matter how uncomfortable they might turn out to be. But when he becomes ensnared in the mind games of a wily femme fatale, and finds himself up against ruthless Glaswegian gangsters, well-connected occultists, and undercover SS agents, those answers become increasingly hard to find.","brand":"Titan Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46503713243333,"sku":"9781835417317","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2448\/6401\/files\/9781835417317.jpg?v=1783429530","url":"https:\/\/rick-s-comic-city.myshopify.com\/products\/9781835417317-the-piccadilly-noir-series-2","provider":"Rick’s Comic City","version":"1.0","type":"link"}