{"product_id":"the-murmurs","title":"The Murmurs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA young woman starts experiencing terrifying premonitions of people dying, as it becomes clear that a family curse known only as \u003ci\u003eThe Murmurs\u003c\/i\u003e has begun, and a long-forgotten crime is about to be unearthed...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `His biggest smash hit yet, an assured paranormal thriller in which the paranormal isn't even the scariest part ... A tale that leaves our interest piqued throughout, with the tension and foreboding reaching fever pitch ́ \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald Scotland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `A tense, creepy page-turner ́ \u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e `A master storyteller at the very top of his game, Michael J. Malone weaves the most exquisite tale ... mesmeric and suspenseful ́ \u003cb\u003eMarion Todd\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ________________ \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the beginning there was fear.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhite-hot, nerve-shredding fear.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTerrifying premonitions of deaths.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd then \u003ci\u003ethey\u003ci\u003e started...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Murmurs...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eOn the first morning of her new job at Heartfield House, a care home for the elderly, Annie Jackson wakens from a terrifying dream. 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