{"product_id":"the-mercy-chair-by-m-w-craven-9780349135595","title":"The Mercy Chair","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Fingerprint Award 2025 for Crime book\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Macabre and wry' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. \u003ci\u003eThe Mercy Chair\u003c\/i\u003e is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' \u003cstrong\u003eChris Whitaker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today' \u003cstrong\u003ePeter James\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAre you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWashington Poe has a story to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd he needs you to listen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eYou'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair. And why people would rather kill themselves than talk about it . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePoe hopes you've been paying attention. Because in this story, nothing is as it seems . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR MW CRAVEN:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.' \u003cstrong\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'The kind of novel that inspired me to write fiction in the first place. A guaranteed great time.' \u003cstrong\u003eChris Brookmyre\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Darkly entertaining' \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'If you haven't read any M.W. Craven yet, fix that immediately' \u003cstrong\u003eS. A. Cosby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'I've been following M.W. Craven's Poe\/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and better' \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Robinson\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Poe and Tilly books are a joy' \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Cavanagh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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' \u003cstrong\u003eFiona Cummins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Darkly comic . . . Thrilling' \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Clever, sophisticated, utterly gripping thriller from one of the best writers around' \u003cstrong\u003eMari Hannah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.' \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Baldacci\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Paging Lee and Andrew Child: you've got company' \u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Times\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071497584876,"sku":"9780349135595","price":27.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/7809473482312.jpg?v=1765021413","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/the-mercy-chair-by-m-w-craven-9780349135595","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}