{"product_id":"2940157350956","title":"Hangman: A Special X Thriller","description":"The game begins in Seattle. On Halloween night, a woman opens her door to a trick-or-treater in a Munch's Scream mask. Later, she's found hanged with one leg missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThen, in Vancouver, another woman is found strung up in a noose with both legs missing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat binds these murders together is a game of \"Hangman\" drawn in blood at each crime scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears ago, both victims were jurors in a trial that sent the defendant to the gallows.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the killings mount, Inspector Zinc Chandler of Special X - the Mounties' psycho-hunters - and Seattle police Detective Maddy Thorne team up for a cross-border manhunt. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo stop this vendetta, they must solve the riddle of the Hangman puzzle before a final lynching means the vigilante wins the game.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Murder with gore galore, and a killer who enjoys his hobby. There's plenty of legerdemain before the trick ending.\" - The Globe and Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"HANGMAN's escalating suspense is sustained not only by readers wondering 'whodunit,' but who will be the next to die. Every character is both a suspect and a potential victim. HANGMAN is an inventive, occasionally hilarious horror-mystery that delivers the goods by the bloody bag-full.\" - Quill \u0026amp; Quire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A harrowing tale of revenge. HANGMAN is a hardboiled police procedural based on the tough realities that Slade faced every day in court. The hallmark of a Slade novel is extensive research. Readers come away not only entertained - and terrified - but also enlightened.\" - Cemetery Dance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Fascinating stuff. The research on real-life hangmen is deftly larded into the fast-paced story.\" - The Vancouver Sun\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I love the Michael Slade books. A perfect combination of mystery and horror. And I love the history angles he throws in. My favorite so far has been RIPPER, or maybe HANGMAN. But I love them all.\" - Crime Spree Magazine","brand":"Headhunter Holdings Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071150375152,"sku":"2940157350956","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157350956_p0.jpg?v=1764095127","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157350956","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}