# Havoc - Hardcover

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by **Christopher Bollen** (Author)

**A _Los Angeles Times_ Book Prize Finalist**

**A _New York Times' "_Best Thriller of the Year"**

**In the vein of _The Bad Seed_ comes a twisty, atmospheric psychological suspense novel about a meddlesome elderly guest at a decadent luxury hotel who believes she has left her problematic past behind, until she decides to interfere in the lives of a young mother and her eight-year-old son, and finally meets her wicked match.**

_The war between age and youth has never been so vicious._

Eighty-one-year-old widow Maggie Burkhardt came to the Royal Karnak to escape. But not in _quite_ the same way as most other guests who are relaxing at this threadbare luxury hotel on the banks of the Nile. Maggie, a compulsive fixer of other people's lives, may have found herself in hot water at her last hotel in Switzerland and just _might_ have needed to get out of there fast... But here at the Royal Karnak, under the hot Saharan sun, she has a comfortable suite, a loyal confidante in the hotel manager, Ahmed, and a handful of sympathetic friends, similar "long-termers" who understand her still-vivid grief for her late husband, Peter. Here, she is merely the sweet old lady in Room 309.

One morning, however, Maggie notices a new arrival at check-in: a mournful-looking young mother named Tess and her impish eight-year-old, Otto. Eager to help, Maggie invites them into her world. But it isn't long before Maggie realizes that in her longing to be a part of their family, she has let in an enemy much stronger than she bargained for. In scrawny, homely Otto, Maggie Burkhardt has finally met her match.

A propulsive, addictively-readable breakout from the critically acclaimed author of _A Beautiful Crime_ and _The Lost Americans_, _Havoc_ is a brilliant, twisty standalone thriller and psychological suspense with an unforgettable unreliable narrator that will get under your skin like the most unforgettable Hitchcock classics.

**Number of Pages:** 256

**Dimensions:** 0.86 x 9.27 x 6.39 IN

**Publication Date:** December 03, 2024

## Details

- **Price:** 37.0 GBP
- **Vendor:** BooksCloud
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Books, Fiction, Literary, Price Written on Book, Psychological, Suspense, Thrillers

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