The Mercy Chair

The Mercy Chair is a brilliant crime novel by M.W. Craven, featuring Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw. It is a mesmerising, macabre, and magnificent story that will have you laughing out loud and gasping. Poe is a brilliant creation, and Craven's writing is praised for its darkness and tension. The novel is a guaranteed great time and is a must-read for fans of crime fiction.

Format: Hardback
Length: 432 pages
Publication date: 06 June 2024
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

Mesmerising, macabre, and magnificent, The Mercy Chair is a truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever novel. Written by Chris Whitaker and published in Washington, it follows the story of Washington Poe, a brilliant creation from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today. Poe is a master storyteller, 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 that 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.

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, in his review of The Mercy Chair, praised M.W. Craven for his immense skill in rendering the darkness of the human condition. He noted that the novel was a guaranteed great time and that it had inspired him to write fiction in the first place. Chris Brookmyre, another reviewer, described the novel as darkly entertaining and praised Craven for his ability to create a guaranteed great time. The Telegraph also praised the novel, calling it "darkly entertaining."

M.W. Craven's Poe/Tilly series has been praised by many reviewers, including S. A. Cosby, Peter Robinson, Steve Cavanagh, and Peter James. Cosby praised the series for its "stand-out duo who are two of the most memorable characters in contemporary crime fiction." Robinson praised the books." Cavanagh praised the series for its "brilliant creation" and "inventive crime writing." James praised the series for its "brilliant creation" and "inventive crime writing."

In conclusion, The Mercy Chair is a truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever novel. Written by Chris Whitaker and published in Washington, it follows the story of Washington Poe, a brilliant creation from one of the finest and most inventive crime writers of today. Poe is a master storyteller, 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 that 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.

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, in his review of The Mercy Chair, praised M.W. Craven for his immense skill in rendering the darkness of the human condition. He noted that the novel was a guaranteed great time and that it had inspired him to write fiction in the first place. Chris Brookmyre, another reviewer, described the novel as darkly entertaining and praised Craven for his ability to create a guaranteed great time. The Telegraph also praised the novel, calling it "darkly entertaining."

M.W. Craven's Poe/Tilly series has been praised by many reviewers, including S. A. Cosby, Peter Robinson, Steve Cavanagh, and Peter James. Cosby praised the series for its "stand-out duo who are two of the most memorable characters in contemporary crime fiction." Robinson praised the series for its "brilliant creation" and "inventive crime writing." Cavanagh praised the series for its "brilliant creation" and "inventive crime writing." James praised the series for its "brilliant creation" and "inventive crime writing."

Weight: 656g
Dimension: 162 x 242 x 42 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349135564