{"product_id":"the-ax","title":"The Ax","description":"The multi-award-winning, widely-acclaimed mystery master Donald E. Westlake delivers a masterpiece with this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBurke Devore is a middle-aged manager at a paper company when the cost-cutting ax falls, and he is laid off. Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search -- with agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who could take the job that rightfully should be his, and systematically kills them. Transforming himself from mild-mannered middle manager to ruthless murderer, he discovers skills ne never knew ne had -- and that come to him far too easily.\u003cdiv style=\"display:none\"\u003eISBN-10: 0892965878\u003cbr\u003eISBN-13: 9780892965878\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Westlake, Donald E.\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Mysterious Press\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Mysterious Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover (Jun 1997)","offer_id":46356734738629,"sku":"9780892965878","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback (Dec 2025)","offer_id":46356734771397,"sku":"9781538784822","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0708\/6414\/2533\/files\/9781538784822.jpg?v=1781310121","url":"https:\/\/www.inveni.store\/products\/the-ax","provider":"Inveni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}