The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin . . .

Washington Poe has a story to tell. And he needs you to listen. You'll hear how it started with the robber birds.

Crows. Dozens of them. Enough for a murder . . . He'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. And finally, he'll tell you about the mercy chair. And why people would rather kill themselves than talk about it . . . Poe hopes you've been paying attention.

Because in this story, nothing is as it seems . . .

REVIEWS

'Washington Poe is a brilliant creation, from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today' Peter James

'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker

'The Poe and Tilly books are a joy' Steve Cavanagh

'Unputdownable, gripping, clever and with a rich seam of trademark Craven humour running through it' Imran Mahmood

'A sinful treat' Vaseem Khan

'Fast, furious, and utterly enjoyable.' Keith Nixon

Hardback

Language: English
Extent: 432
Publish Date: 6 June 2024
ISBN: 9780349135564
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Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint: Constable