{"product_id":"stench-the-axe-in-the-head-murder-9781919543918","title":"Stench: The Axe In The Head Murder","description":"\u003cp\u003eLate-eighties London. A private detective lies dead in a pub car park, an axe in his skull. His murder sets off a chain reaction that pulls in bent coppers, tabloid hacks, and the highest ranks of the British establishment. One killing. One cover-up. Corruption everywhere you look. A hard-boiled crime thriller inspired by the real-life murder of Daniel Morgan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStench is a feverish plunge into London crime, where dirty cops, gangsters, and the gutter press, collide in a storm of lies, violence and cocaine powder, that feels both historical and hallucinatory. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThink L.A. Confidential with freemasons, MDMA and London riots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA startling crime debut from the new voice of Brit noir.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Stench is a literary Molotov cocktail - blistering, paranoid, and all too plausible.\" Londonopia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The soul of a poet living in the body of a crime writer.\" Katie Isbester, Claret Press \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A vivid, hardcore recreation of murder, conspiracy and corruption... Read it and be thrilled by the darkness that surrounds us.\" Jon Hotten\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurder Mystery. Historical Crime Thriller. Hard-boiled. Nor. Neo-noir. Brit noir. Police procedural. True crime. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919543918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.76d","brand":"G. M. Barden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52435636617397,"sku":"9781919543918","price":15.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_31f7dac4-e31a-4ea7-a3bc-7dcf2d60000d.jpg?v=1776227623","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/stench-the-axe-in-the-head-murder-9781919543918","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}