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Washington Poe, Crime & mystery
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- Paperback Dec 12, 2019 | 9781472127495 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Dec 12, 2019 | 9781472127495 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- e-Book Jun 20, 2019 | 9781472127488 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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- Paperback Dec 12, 2019 | 9781472127495 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
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- e-Book Jun 20, 2019 | 9781472127488 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
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A dark and twisted crime novel, this is the eagerly anticipated follow up to THE PUPPET SHOW from award-winning author M. W. Craven.
'A brutal and thrilling page-turner' The Sun
'Compelling' Heat
'The best pure mystery plot of the year' Morning Star
'Gleefully gory and witty, with a terrific sense of place' Sunday Mirror
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After THE PUPPET SHOW, a new storm is coming . . .
Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath . . . He's currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe.
So when a young woman staggers into a remote police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation, one that could cost him much more than his career.
Helped by the only person he trusts, the brilliant but socially awkward Tilly Bradshaw, Poe races to answer the only question that matters: how can someone be both dead and alive at the same time?
And then Elizabeth goes missing again - and all paths of investigation lead back to Poe.
The gripping new thriller in the Washington Poe series from M. W. Craven, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 2019.
Praise for MIKE CRAVEN
'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES
'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE
'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON
'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' DAVID MARK
'Truly mind-blowing' A. A. Dhand
'A book that shines with tension, wit and invention' William Shaw
'Washington Poe - a rising giant in detective fiction' Alison Bruce
'A twisty thriller with a killer plot Ed James
'I loved this book!' Jo Jakeman
'One of the best British crime novels I've read in a long time . . . Simply an unputdownable page-turner' Nick Oldham
'Grabs you from the very first page. A dark and brilliantly twisted crime thriller' Colin Falconer
'Dark and twisted in all the right places' Robert Scragg
'In Tilly and Poe, MW Craven has created a stand-out duo who are two of the most compelling characters in crime fiction in recent years' Fiona Cummins
'Dark, thrilling and unputdownable' Victoria Selman
Praise for Black Summer
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A thrilling curtain-raiser for what looks set to be a great new series
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Satisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the read
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A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint-hearted!
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Mike Craven is a forceful new voice in British crime fiction
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Washington Poe is a name destined to be spoken by crime fiction enthusiasts everywhere: Britain's answer to Harry Bosch. The Puppet Show is a wickedly, twisting and turning, mystery that will have readers breathlessly turning the pages until the final shocking conclusion
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This book is twisted and dark and I loved it - not sure what that says about me
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A brilliant start to what promises to be a fantastic series; get it now or kick yourself for missing out
M. W. Craven
Multi-award-winning author M.W. Craven was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle. He joined the army at sixteen, leaving ten years later to complete a social work degree. Seventeen years after taking up a probation officer role in Cumbria, at the rank of assistant chief officer, he became a full-time author. He is an instant Sunday Times bestseller and, for his Cumbria-set Washington Poe series, a recipient of the 2019 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger, the 2022 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023. The series has now been translated into twenty-seven languages
Instagram: @m.w.craven
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