{"product_id":"havoc-1","title":"Havoc","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times' \"\u003c\/i\u003eBest Thriller of the Year\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the vein of \u003ci\u003eThe Bad Seed\u003c\/i\u003e comes a twisty, atmospheric psychological suspense novel about a meddlesome elderly guest at a decadent luxury hotel who believes she has left her problematic past behind, until she decides to interfere in the lives of a young mother and her eight-year-old son, and finally meets her wicked match.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe war between age and youth has never been so vicious.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEighty-one-year-old widow Maggie Burkhardt came to the Royal Karnak to escape. But not in \u003ci\u003equite\u003c\/i\u003e the same way as most other guests who are relaxing at this threadbare luxury hotel on the banks of the Nile. Maggie, a compulsive fixer of other people's lives, may have found herself in hot water at her last hotel in Switzerland and just \u003ci\u003emight \u003c\/i\u003ehave needed to get out of there fast... But here at the Royal Karnak, under the hot Saharan sun, she has a comfortable suite, a loyal confidante in the hotel manager, Ahmed, and a handful of sympathetic friends, similar \"long-termers\" who understand her still-vivid grief for her late husband, Peter. Here, she is merely the sweet old lady in Room 309.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne morning, however, Maggie notices a new arrival at check-in: a mournful-looking young mother named Tess and her impish eight-year-old, Otto. Eager to help, Maggie invites them into her world. But it isn't long before Maggie realizes that in her longing to be a part of their family, she has let in an enemy much stronger than she bargained for. In scrawny, homely Otto, Maggie Burkhardt has finally met her match.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA propulsive, addictively-readable breakout from the critically acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eA Beautiful Crime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Americans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHavoc\u003c\/i\u003e is a brilliant, twisty standalone thriller and psychological suspense with an unforgettable unreliable narrator that will get under your skin like the most unforgettable Hitchcock classics. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51942057574631,"sku":"9780063378896","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_927de987-60a5-456c-8389-ad7bc2f477e4.jpg?v=1775244655","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/havoc-1","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}