{"product_id":"demons-at-work-alex-towell-9798257267246","title":"Demons at Work","description":"A mid-career demon in hell's Hauntings department gets what looks like the assignment of his career: a house with old bones, good acoustics, and a widower living alone. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe demon is good at his job. He maps the joist intervals. He calibrates the thermal gradient. He stands in a doorway for thirty-seven minutes because the protocol says three seconds and Gordon won't wake up. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen the demon notices who he is haunting. A retired English teacher reading his dead wife's last book aloud to an empty room, one evening a week, picking up where her bookmark was. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe demon finishes the job anyway. The craft is the point. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDemons at Work is about professional pride, meaningless work done well, and what it's like from inside a system that does not deserve the people who keep it running. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Kazuo Ishiguro, Shirley Jackson, and Albert Camus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alex Towell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798257267246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 122\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.26d","brand":"Alex Towell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172661272831,"sku":"9798257267246","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/demons-at-work-alex-towell-9798257267246","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}