{"product_id":"he-lies-on-the-jesters-mare-9781970588002","title":"He lies on the Jester's cart: A Neapolitan noir-love, guilt, and the ghosts we create","description":"\u003cp\u003eHe Lies on the Jester's Cart is a psychological noir of grief, corruption, and the boundaries between reason and madness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarzio, heir to an industrial empire, dies in a factory fire; the verdict is suicide. His lover mourns, until he appears again before her eyes. Silent, and not alone. With him is a demonic force that taunts her to play his game if she hopes to discover what Marzio has left to say. She follows the trail into Naples' industrial underworld, family betrayals, a pact signed in blood, and the brink of her own unravelling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommissioner Cardona traces the case by daylight; she walks it by night. Between them, a pattern forms, one that suggests the official story was written to keep the living quiet. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the rational world collapses around them, both woman and investigator are forced to confront a single truth: the dead are never entirely gone, and some bargains demand a soul in payment.\u003cp\u003eLyrical, hallucinatory, and relentless, He Lies on the Jester's Cart weaves literary elegance with psychological intensity. A fusion of noir, gothic mystery, and existential thriller, it explores the price of truth in a world where even faith can be corrupted.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1970588004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781970588002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e M.D. Mare\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.49d","brand":"Mare","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801150599423,"sku":"9781970588002","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/he-lies-on-the-jesters-mare-9781970588002","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}