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The Mercy Chair

Washington Poe, Book 6

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The Mercy Chair

By: M. W. Craven
Narrated by: John Banks
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'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris Whitaker

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

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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 . . .

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'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.' Vaseem Khan

©2024 M. W. Craven (P)2024 Hachette Audio UK Crime Thrillers Mystery Police Procedurals Thriller & Suspense Exciting
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Clever, calculated, deliciously twisted and plotted to perfection. Another superb offering which just leaves me breathless and wanting more!

Poe and Bradshaw at their Brilliant Best

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Twists and turns all the way to the end. Always enjoy these books. Probably relate is I’m from Cumbria and it’s great hearing all these places discover. I used to drive past sharp village regularly

Always a good listen

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honestly love this series of book... author can do no wrong, great storyline, heaps of twists! did not puck that ending loved it!

stunning listening

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In truth I have listened the other 5 books in this series and loved them. Really loved them. But although its the same narrator (which in the other 5 books I very much enjoyed) the narration here comes across as stifled somehow. So much so that I couldn't get into or finish the book. Thought it might be me so my wife had a listen. Sorry to say.... same result. Hate to leave a negative review but thought the feedback might be useful.

I love this series but.......

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