{"product_id":"the-second-child-malcolm-knox","title":"The Second Child - Malcolm Knox","description":"\u003cp class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eSet in 1945 between Hitler's death and Hiroshima,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Second Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a satirical thriller about one young woman's plot to outsmart the supreme dictators in a world on fire. From the critically acclaimed, bestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First Friend.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e'Knox at his most ambitious, scathing, hilarious best.' CHARLOTTE WOOD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou can't choose your family, but you can choose your enemies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1945: It's the dying days of the war. A triumphant Josef Stalin has the world's future in his hands, but leading up to the Potsdam peace conference he is restless and paranoid, increasingly suspicious that his ambitious security overlord Lavrentiy Beria is plotting against him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeria has a secret weapon, his best friend's daughter. A patriot and devotee of Papa Stalin, Melor Murtova has returned from a two-year exile to become Beria's adopted daughter, and his eyes and ears among the nepo babies of the Kremlin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this palace of intrigue and deception, Melor must play a dangerous game, outwitting treacherous power plays and the capricious whims of her frenemies, while conducting a secret mission of her own: to find out who murdered her parents before her time runs out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgainst a backdrop of international politics, spying and the true-history intrigue of the closing days of World War Two,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Second Child\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a chilling black comedy about survival in the court of madmen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003ePublished September 1, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Nice Stack Of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45202439798984,"sku":null,"price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0595\/5567\/6360\/files\/TheSecondCHild.jpg?v=1788063169","url":"https:\/\/nicestackofbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/the-second-child-malcolm-knox","provider":"Nice Stack Of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}