{"product_id":"the-butcher-by-laura-kat-young-9781789099034","title":"The Butcher","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Lady Mae turns eighteen, she’ll inherit her mother’s job as the Butcher: dismembering Settlement Five’s guilty residents as payment for their petty crimes. An index finger taken for spreading salacious gossip, a foot for blasphemy, no one is exempt from punishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut when her mother refuses to harm a child, the Deputies come to the house for retribution. No one is above the law, and Lady Mae watches as they murder her mother.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWithin twenty-four hours, now alone in the world, Lady Mae begins her new job. But a chance meeting years later puts her face to face with the Deputy that murdered her mother. Now Lady Mae must choose: will she flee, and start another life in the desolate mountains, forever running? Or will she seek vengeance for her mother’s death even if it kills her?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Butcher\u003c\/em\u003e is a devastating, alarming page-turner infused with melancholy, humanity – and society’s maddening acceptance in the face of horror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47432832286956,"sku":"9781789099034","price":25.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781789099034.jpg?v=1774766325","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-butcher-by-laura-kat-young-9781789099034","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}