{"product_id":"the-mercy-chair-m-w-craven-paperback","title":"The Mercy Chair -- M. W. Craven, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Macabre and wry' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' \u003cstrong\u003eChris Whitaker\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e'\u003c\/strong\u003eWashington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today' \u003cstrong\u003ePeter James\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e----\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAre you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWashington Poe has a story to tell. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd he needs you to listen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou'll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd 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\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoe hopes you've been paying attention. Because in this story, nothing is as it seems . . .\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e----\u003c\/strong\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.' \u003cstrong\u003eVaseem Khan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cb\u003e\n\nMORE 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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e M. W. Craven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Constable \u0026amp; Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.65 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\" H x 4.9\" L x 1.3\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780349135595\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51739776549163,"sku":"9780349135595","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9780349135595.jpg?v=1774820282","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-mercy-chair-m-w-craven-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}