Black Summer (Washington Poe) - Softcover

M. W. Craven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472127498 ISBN 13: 9781472127495

Publisher: Constable, 2019

Synopsis

'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
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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 Black Summer:

'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

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Review:

Dark, sharp and compelling (Peter James on The Puppet Show )

A book that shines with tension, wit and invention (William Shaw)

A thrilling curtain-raiser for what looks set to be a great new series (Mick Herron on The Puppet Show )

Mike Craven is a forceful new voice in British crime fiction (Caro Ramsay)

Gripping. Taut. Twisty (Imran Mahmood)

Dark and twisted in all the right places. Poe is a great mix of compelling, complex & charismatic, and well on his way to becoming one of the standout characters in crime fiction (Robert Scragg)

Fantastic (Martina Cole on The Puppet Show)

I cannot recall the last time I binge read a novel in 36 hours . . . truly mind-blowing (A. A. Dhand)

So dark and twisty (Elly Griffiths)

Satisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the read (Michael J. Malone)

Book Description:

A dark and twisted crime novel, this is the eagerly anticipated follow up to The Puppet Show from award-winning author M. W. Craven.

About this edition

• Publisher: Constable
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1472127498
• ISBN 13: 9781472127495
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416