{"product_id":"bollen-havoc-hardcover","title":"Bollen - Havoc [hardcover]","description":"\u003cp\u003e2024\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-expanded=\"true\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" style=\"padding-bottom: 24px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Book Prize Finalist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times' \"\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBest Thriller of the Year\"\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eIn the vein of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Bad Seed\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e comes a twisty, atmospheric psychological suspense 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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe war between age and youth has never been so vicious.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEighty-one-year-old widow Maggie Burkhardt came to the Royal Karnak to escape. But not in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003equite\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003emight \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA propulsive, addictively-readable breakout from the critically acclaimed author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Beautiful Crime\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lost Americans\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHavoc\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is brilliant, twisty psychological suspense that will get under your skin like the most unforgettable Hitchcock classics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51601117053159,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/3397\/3991\/files\/52ba09248511a000ea94e7c8be7a5d08a7d2ad11.jpg?v=1764454430","url":"https:\/\/friendsmvl.org\/products\/bollen-havoc-hardcover","provider":"Friends of the Mill Valley Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}