{"product_id":"the-dreadful-kindness-of-mr-alaric-graveheart-9781918589030","title":"The Dreadful Kindness Of Mr. Crowe","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the isolated marsh village of \u003cstrong\u003eAshworth-on-Mire\u003c\/strong\u003e, silence is never empty. It listens. It waits. And twelve-year-old \u003cstrong\u003eIris Warwick\u003c\/strong\u003e knows when something is wrong long before anyone else dares to admit it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIris has always seen what others cannot - truths hidden beneath polite smiles, whispers clinging to the fog, and shadows moving where no shadows should be. The villagers call her strange. Her brother \u003cstrong\u003eRobert\u003c\/strong\u003e is angry at a world that took their father. Her mother \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret\u003c\/strong\u003e is still living in the long echo of grief. And in a place built on buried sorrow, that grief is about to become something far worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the elegant and unsettling \u003cstrong\u003eMr. Crowe\u003c\/strong\u003e arrives, he brings with him a terrible gift: \u003cstrong\u003ewishes\u003c\/strong\u003e. For the desperate, the broken, and the grieving, he offers kindness in its most seductive form - the promise that pain can be undone. But every wish comes at a cost, and in Ashworth-on-Mire, the price is written in flesh, memory, and death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs old wounds split open and the village begins to tear itself apart, Iris must confront a darkness older than the marsh itself - a darkness that feeds on longing, regret, and love twisted into desperation. Because Mr. Crowe does not simply grant what people want.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe gives them exactly what will destroy them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunting, lyrical, and deeply unsettling, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Dreadful Kindness Of Mr. Crowe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is a gothic folk horror novel steeped in dread, grief, and the monstrous consequences of desire. Perfect for readers who love \u003cstrong\u003efog-drenched villages, supernatural bargains, eerie children, and beautifully written horror that lingers long after the final page\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome kindness is crueler than malice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alaric Graveheart\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1918589038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781918589030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Frightbound Publishing Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.56d","brand":"Alaric Graveheart","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852793131263,"sku":"9781918589030","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-dreadful-kindness-of-mr-alaric-graveheart-9781918589030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}