{"product_id":"9780349135564-the-mercy-chair","title":"The Mercy Chair","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA dark and twisted crime novel, this is the eagerly anticipated follow up to \u003ci\u003eThe Botanist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAre you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Washington Poe has a story to tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And he needs you to listen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e You'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair. And why people would rather kill themselves than talk about it .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePoe hopes you've been paying attention. Because in this story, nothing is as it seems .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly entertaining' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'If you haven't read any M.W. Craven yet, fix that immediately' \u003cb\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Poe and Tilly books are a joy' \u003cb\u003eSteve Cavanagh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Darkly comic . Thrilling' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Independent \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Clever, sophisticated, utterly gripping thriller from one of the best writers around' \u003cb\u003eMari Hannah\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Paging Lee and Andrew Child: you've got company' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41513865445473,"sku":"9780349135564","price":24.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_21759708.jpg?v=1714042196","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780349135564-the-mercy-chair","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}