{"product_id":"murder-in-the-maze-a-grandfather-rastin-mystery-by-lloyd-biggle-jr-paperback","title":"Murder in the Maze: A Grandfather Rastin Mystery, by Lloyd Biggle Jr. (Paperback)","description":"In the first place, Grandfather Rastin never should have bought that house in Wiston. It happened several years ago, when he was only about seventy-eight, but even so he was old enough to know better. He admits that himself.\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn the second place, he should have asked his tenants for references.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nHe did buy the house, and he didn't ask for references, and that's where the trouble started...\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\nLloyd Biggle, Jr. (1923-2002) is most famous as a science-fiction writer who used genuine science while emphasizing human and cultural elements, especially art and music (he held a Ph.D. in Musicology.) His detective stories about Grandfather Bill Rastin in the fictitious Borg County, Michigan show this emphasis on the human element in a nostalgic, Norman Rockwell-esque world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wildside Press LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43184988422353,"sku":"9781479419432","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/5981\/5377\/files\/9781479419432_FC.jpg?v=1784121206","url":"https:\/\/startlingstories.us\/products\/murder-in-the-maze-a-grandfather-rastin-mystery-by-lloyd-biggle-jr-paperback","provider":"Startling Stories","version":"1.0","type":"link"}