{"product_id":"fifty-candles-by-earl-derr-biggers-paperback","title":"Fifty Candles, by Earl Derr Biggers (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDEATH IN SAN FRANCISCO . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly from across the hall came a cry, sharp, uncanny, terrible. I ran out in the direction from which it had come and stood on the threshold of the Drew dining room. A table was set with gleaming silver and white linen, and in its center stood a cake, on which fifty absurd pink candles flickered bravely. There appeared to be no one in the room. On the other side of the table a French window stood open to the fog, and I went around to investigate. I had taken perhaps a dozen steps when I stopped, appalled. Old Drew was lying on the carpet, and one yellow lean hand, always so adept at reaching out and seizing, held a corner of the white tablecloth. There was a dark stain on the left side of his dress coat; and when I pulled the coat back, I saw on the otherwise spotless linen underneath a great red circle that grew and grew. He was quite dead. I stood erect, and for a dazed uncertain moment I stared about the room. Beside me, on the table, fifty yellow points of flame trembled like human things terrified at what they had seen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184442540241,"sku":"9781587154331","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781587154331_FC.jpg?v=1784068615","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/fifty-candles-by-earl-derr-biggers-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}