{"product_id":"mercy-chair","title":"Mercy Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' \u003cb\u003e Chris Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003eWashington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today' \u003cb\u003ePeter James\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Washington Poe has a story to tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And he needs you to listen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He'll tell you about a man who was tied to a tree and stoned to death, a man who had tattooed himself with a code so obscure, even the gifted analyst Tilly Bradshaw struggled to break it. He'll tell you how the man's murder was connected to a tragedy that happened fifteen years earlier when a young girl massacred her entire family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair. And why people would rather kill themselves than talk about it . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoe hopes you've been paying attention. Because in this story, nothing is as it seems . . .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Craven renders the darkness of the human condition with immense skill, ratcheting the tension to a nails-on-chalkboard pitch. Don't turn out the lights.' \u003cb\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e MORE PRAISE FOR MW CRAVEN: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'The kind of novel that inspired me to write fiction in the first place. A guaranteed great time.' \u003cb\u003eChris Brookmyre \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Darkly entertaining' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'If you haven't read any M.W. Craven yet, fix that immediately' \u003cb\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'I've been following M.W. Craven's Poe\/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and better' \u003cb\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'Poe and Tilly books are a joy' \u003cb\u003eSteve Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 'In Tilly and Poe, M.W. Craven has created a stand-out duo who are two of the most compelling characters in crime fiction in recent years' \u003cb\u003eFiona Cummins\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Darkly comic . . . Thrilling' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Clever, sophisticated, utterly gripping thriller from one of the best writers around' \u003cb\u003eMari Hannah\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Craven has unleashed Ben Koenig into the thriller world. Long may he raise hell in the pages. A superb thriller that will have everyone talking, and gasping.' \u003cb\u003eDavid Baldacci \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Paging Lee and Andrew Child: you've got company' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"M W Craven","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46722438496492,"sku":"9780349135595","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9780349135595.jpg?v=1754642887","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/mercy-chair","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}