{"product_id":"9781526649454-death-takes-me","title":"Death Takes Me","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003efrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning author\u003cbr\u003eThe dazzling, award-winning novel from one of Mexico’s greatest living writers, translated into English for the first time\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003e100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eTIME \u003c\/i\u003eMOST ANTICIPATED BOOK FOR 2025\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A labyrinthine masterpiece’ \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e‘A subversive twist on the traditional serial killer story’ \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Obsessive, dreamlike and hallucinatory’ \u003cb\u003eLayla Martinez\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeware of me, my love\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebeware of the silent woman in the desert…\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese are the words the Professor finds, scrawled in nail polish, above the mutilated corpse of a man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe reports the crime to the police and becomes the first informant in an investigation led by the Detective, who has a newfound obsession with poetry. As the bodies of more men are discovered alongside cryptic lines of verse, it becomes clear that this is only one in a string of crimes – all connected, all with literary clues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the Professor becomes wrapped up in the murders, the boundaries of story – and of genre – break down. Can the Detective decipher the meaning of the poems in time to stop the spread of violence?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated by Sarah Booker and Robin Myers\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57514293264758,"sku":"9781526649454","price":9.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40515667_6e53aa36-1770-4f12-aae8-85ad625c4ce5.jpg?v=1774513308","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781526649454-death-takes-me","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}