{"product_id":"havoc","title":"Havoc","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe New York Times' #1 Thriller of 2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Highsmithian... highly readable, twisty and shrewd' HANYA YANAGIHARA (on Instagram), author of A Little Life\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Atmospheric, diabolical fun' LUCY FOLEY, author of The Midnight Feast\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Disturbingly enjoyable' EMMA HEALEY, author of Elizabeth is Missing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A taut, wicked masterpiece' MONA AWAD, author of Bunny\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFive years ago, 81-year-old Maggie Burkhardt fled her native Wisconsin in suspicious circumstances. She has 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 little old lady. She has a nasty, nosy 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\u003eWrongly assuming eight-year-old Otto and his well-meaning mother will be easy targets, she is soon locked in a death-spiral with her young prey. 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 The White Lotus and haloed by Shirley Jackson's cruel, dark magic, HAVOC is a decadent and ghastly delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReaders are saying...\u003c\/p\u003e\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":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47408071508217,"sku":"9780008730468","price":34.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0781\/4535\/6025\/files\/2138793482191.jpg?v=1770698323","url":"https:\/\/www.atticusbooksandart.com.au\/products\/havoc","provider":"Atticus Bookshop Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}