{"product_id":"stench-the-axe-in-the-head-murder-paperback","title":"Stench: The Axe In The Head Murder - 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\u003eG. M. Barden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 30, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53376125796717,"sku":"9781919543918","price":26.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1001\/0823\/9213\/files\/g61iQ4iffr9781919543918.webp?v=1779908279","url":"https:\/\/cleanfreaklab.myshopify.com\/products\/stench-the-axe-in-the-head-murder-paperback","provider":"Clean Freak Lab","version":"1.0","type":"link"}