{"product_id":"mercy-chair","title":"Mercy Chair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Fingerprint Award 2025 for Crime book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShortlisted for Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel 2025 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e----\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Macabre and wry'' \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable'' \u003cb\u003eChris 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\u003eWashington Poe has a story to tell.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd he needs you to listen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou''ll hear how it started with the robber birds. Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd 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\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMORE PRAISE FOR MW CRAVEN:\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\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","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57308790227326,"sku":"NW9780349135595","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780349135595.jpg?v=1778696079","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/mercy-chair","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}