{"product_id":"butcher-2","title":"Butcher","description":"\u003cb\u003eA suspenseful small-town horror novel of oppression, heartbreak and buried anguish – Shirley Jackson meets \u003ci\u003eNever Let Me Go \u003c\/i\u003ewith the wild west setting of \u003ci\u003eWestworld\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Lady Mae turns 18, she''ll inherit her mother''s job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five’s guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBut one day Winona refuses to butcher a six-year-old boy. So their leaders, known as the Deputies, come to Lady Mae’s house, and, right there in the living room, murder her mother for refusing her duties.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWithin twenty-four hours, now alone in the world, Lady Mae begins her new job. But a chance meeting years later puts her face to face with the Deputy that murdered her mother. Now Lady Mae must choose: will she flee, and start another life in the desolate mountains, forever running? Or will she seek vengeance for her mother’s death even if it kills her?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA devastating, alarming page-turner infused with melancholy, humanity – and society’s maddening acceptance in the face of horror.\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57314043298174,"sku":"NW9781789099034","price":9.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781789099034.jpg?v=1778516468","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/butcher-2","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}