{"product_id":"rock-paper-scissors","title":"Rock, Paper, Scissors - DI Stephanie Broadbent Crime Thriller - Book 6","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen the body of a former youth offender appears half-buried in the Surrey Hills, DI Stephanie Broadbent believes the answers lie in the victim’s recent past. Men like him don’t simply stop offending.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut what she discovers is a past that goes way deeper and is way darker than she could ever have imagined. A past that seems to vanish the closer she looks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the victim played a game of rock, paper, scissors — but not as you know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product__description rte quick-add-hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Gritty Descent into Surrey Noir\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e- \u003cem\u003eRock, Paper, Scissors\u003c\/em\u003e is the explosive sixth instalment in the DI Stephanie Broadbent series. 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