{"product_id":"beresford","title":"Beresford","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEverything stays the same for the tenants of The Beresford, a grand old apartment building just outside the city … until the doorbell rings… Will Carver returns with an eerie, deliciously and uncomfortably dark standalone thriller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A gripping novel laced with humour and cutting character insight … a thrill from start to finish. Expect the unexpected!'' \u003cb\u003eSarah Pinborough\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘The strangest and creepiest novel I read all year … persuasive and compulsive’ \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Ridiculously addictive’ \u003cb\u003eS J Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ***Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e***\u003cbr\u003e ***Book of the Year: \u003ci\u003eDaily Express\u003c\/i\u003e***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Just outside the city – any city, every city – is a grand, spacious but affordable apartment building called The Beresford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e There’s a routine at The Beresford.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e For Mrs May, every day’s the same: a cup of cold, black coffee in the morning, pruning roses, checking on her tenants, wine, prayer and an afternoon nap. She never leaves the building.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Abe Schwartz also lives at The Beresford. His housemate, Sythe, no longer does. Because Abe just killed him. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In exactly sixty seconds, Blair Conroy will ring the doorbell to her new home and Abe will answer the door. They will become friends. Perhaps lovers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e And, when the time comes for one of them to die, as is always the case at The Beresford, there will be sixty seconds to move the body before the next unknowing soul arrives at the door.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Because nothing changes at The Beresford, until the doorbell rings…\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eerie, dark, superbly twisted and majestically plotted, \u003ci\u003eThe Beresford\u003c\/i\u003e is the stunning standalone thriller from one of crime fiction’s most exciting names.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e _______________\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Equally enthralling and appalling … unlike anything I’ve read in a very long while’ \u003cb\u003eJames Oswald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Creepy and brilliant’ \u003cb\u003eKhurrum Rahman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Reminiscent of \u003ci\u003eThe Shining\u003c\/i\u003e … a creeping and perfectly crafted novel tinged with dark humour and malice’ \u003cb\u003eVictoria Selman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘A masterfully macabre tale’ \u003cb\u003eLouise Mumford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘I stepped into the imagination of Will Carver and it swallowed me whole’ \u003cb\u003eMatt Wesolowski\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Magnificently, compulsively chilling’ \u003cb\u003eMargaret Kirk\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Fans of Chuck Palahniuk will adore Carver … he is utterly brilliant’ \u003cb\u003eChristopher Hooley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Devilishly dark and maniacally brilliant’ \u003cb\u003eRaven Crime Reads\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Slick, stylish ... a sharply crafted and delectable slice of entertaining darkness’ \u003cb\u003eThe Tattooed Book Geek\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ‘Intense, brilliant, horrific, humorous and everything in between’ \u003cb\u003eLiz Loves Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314771992958,"sku":"NW9781913193812","price":8.84,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781913193812.jpg?v=1778714372","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/beresford","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}