{"product_id":"poppet-paperback","title":"Poppet - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMo Hayder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this chilling, seamlessly-plotted thriller, British detective Jack Caffery must find a dangerous mental patient on the loose--before he can kill again . . .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Beechway High Secure Unit in Bristol, England, has a storied past--first as a nineteenth-century workhouse, then a poorhouse for the homeless, and now as a psychiatric hospital. With that troubled history come superstitions like the Maude, believed to be the ghost of a sadistic workhouse matron.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut while some of the patients and staff think the Maude is behind a series of unexplained episodes of self-harm amongst the ward's patients, nursing coordinator AJ LeGrande thinks they might be the work of an all too human horror--a homicidal patient who was released back into the public in error.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalling on Det. Jack Caffery, LeGrande hopes his investigation will reveal what's truly been going on inside and outside the hospital's walls. But what Caffery discovers about former patient Isaac Handel is beyond anyone's imagining.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Enough evil to keep readers awake long after the cases are solved . . . Rich psychological portraits [and] a compelling mystery.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Dipping into Poppet when the house was silent and the rain was spattering against the windows probably wasn't a good idea: The book oozes sinisterness from the first page . . . [Its] high-wire tension . . . never wavers.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMo Hayder\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a filmmaker, Tokyo nightclub hostess, and English language teacher. She has won the Edgar Award for Best Novel for \u003ci\u003eGone\u003c\/i\u003e and the Crime Writers' Association Dagger in the Library award for outstanding body of work. She is also the author of \u003ci\u003eBirdman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Treatment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil of Nanking\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePig Island\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRitual\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHanging Hill\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWolf\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53332980138291,"sku":"9780802121080","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/s9_dVRRoHb9780802121080.webp?v=1783164762","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/poppet-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}