{"product_id":"the-impossible-thing-by-belinda-bauer","title":"The Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Impossible Thing by Belinda Bauer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling and Booker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eSnap\u003c\/i\u003e, and winner of the CWA Crime Novel of the Year, comes 'An exciting contemporary whodunnit' (\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*****’A unique crime novel that is both moving and funny . . . \u003cb\u003ehighly recommend’\u003c\/b\u003e***** 5-STAR reader review\u003cbr\u003e*****Longlisted for the Theakston \u003cb\u003eCrime Novel of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e*****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA summer’s evening in 1926, and six-year-old Celie Shepherd is hungry, desperate and dangling from a cliff, as she stretches out to steal something impossible.\u003c\/b\u003e The bold theft will change Celie’s life, and the lives of many others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne hundred years later, a remote home is ransacked by masked men. The only thing taken: a dusty box containing that same impossible thing. What could be so unique - and so valuable - that it is stolen again and again . . . and again?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins this extraordinary mystery from award-winning Belinda Bauer. \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Thing\u003c\/i\u003e brims with skulduggery at every turn, and is a blazing testament to Belinda Bauer’s status as one of our greatest living crime writers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The \u003cb\u003emost suspenseful whodunnit\u003c\/b\u003e you’ll read this year’\u003cbr\u003eLEE CHILD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A funny, moving and \u003cb\u003ebeautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e tale’ \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eJoyous\u003c\/b\u003e . . . The most \u003cb\u003egripping \u003c\/b\u003eyarn’ \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A \u003cb\u003ebrilliant rollercoaster\u003c\/b\u003e of a crime novel' ROB COWEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders are OBSESSED with \u003ci\u003eThe Impossible Thing\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eEnthralling\u003c\/b\u003e, hilarious, mysterious… I thoroughly enjoyed this book’ 5-STAR reader review\u003cbr\u003e‘A \u003cb\u003eperfect \u003c\/b\u003ecrime caper' \u003ci\u003eWoman \u0026amp; Home\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Pure \u003cb\u003ejoy\u003c\/b\u003e’ VAL MCDERMID\u003cbr\u003e‘Packs a \u003cb\u003ereal punch\u003c\/b\u003e’ ANN CLEEVES\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cb\u003eAstonishing\u003c\/b\u003e’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Comic, \u003cb\u003ethrilling\u003c\/b\u003e and ultimately moving' \u003ci\u003eThe Scottish Mail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘I \u003cb\u003eloved every page\u003c\/b\u003e of this unique mystery.’ CLARE MACKINTOSH, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eI Let You GO\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘One of the \u003cb\u003emost enjoyable\u003c\/b\u003e novels I've read in ages’ PAULA HAWKINS, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBook details\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ctable style=\"border-collapse:collapse;width:100%;\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eBelinda Bauer\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eVery Good\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eBinding Type\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eTransworld Publishers Ltd\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eYear published\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e2025-11-06\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eNumber of pages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e368\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eISBN 13\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e9781804997888\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eISBN 10\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003e1804997889\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth style=\"text-align:left;padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eCover note\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"padding:6px 10px;border:1px solid #ddd;\"\u003eBook picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Transworld Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65487228567901,"sku":"GOR014825163","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0873\/8911\/0621\/files\/B0DWFHS12P_792ea0d4-0232-4b7c-8bcd-d326af1ad0de.jpg?v=1785936206","url":"https:\/\/www.highscorecomics.com\/products\/the-impossible-thing-by-belinda-bauer","provider":"High Score Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}