{"product_id":"havoc-13","title":"HAVOC","description":"The \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e' #1 Thriller of 2024\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Highsmithian… highly readable, twisty and shrewd' HANYA YANAGIHARA (on Instagram), author of \u003cem\u003eA Little Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Atmospheric, diabolical fun' LUCY FOLEY, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Midnight Feast\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'Disturbingly enjoyable' EMMA HEALEY, author of \u003cem\u003eElizabeth is Missing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e\n            \u003cstrong\u003e'A taut, wicked masterpiece' MONA AWAD, author of \u003cem\u003eBunny\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eEighty-one-year-old Maggie Burkhardt has left it all behind and spent the last five years ping-ponging between the world’s luxury hotels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eNow she has finally come to rest somewhere she can imagine staying forever: the Royal Karnak Hotel in Luxor, Egypt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eMaggie is no sweet old lady. She has a nasty, nosy little habit: she spies on her fellow guests and manipulates situations to 'liberate' them from what she sees as unhappy relationships.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eWhen an eight-year-old boy, Otto, and his well-meaning mother arrive at the hotel, Maggie sees two easy targets. But she is more wrong than she could possibly know, and is soon locked in a death-spiral with Otto – has she finally met her match in a child one-tenth her age?\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eCrackling with the perceptive acid wit of \u003cem\u003eThe White Lotus \u003c\/em\u003eand haloed by Shirley Jackson’s cruel, dark magic, Christopher Bollen’s new novel is a decadent and ghastly delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          Early readers are saying…\n          \u003cp\u003e'Absolutely brilliant and insane. I went in knowing very little about the book and I’m glad because it made it even more of a wild ride' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e'I loved this book from the first page… The conflict between the old and the young in this cat and mouse tussle is brilliant. It’s a hard to put down novel and has a great twist at the end' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003e'I had an absolute blast reading this. Otto and Maggie are wild characters and their behavior is shocking!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50066711183704,"sku":"9780008730451","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/havoc-13","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}