{"product_id":"stench-g-m-barden-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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e G. M. Barden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1919543910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919543918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Black Rat Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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":"Paperback","offer_id":48440733303039,"sku":"9781919543918","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_58a424e1-d01c-42e3-aab6-dcef28f1f009.jpg?v=1777184450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/stench-g-m-barden-9781919543918","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}