
The Puppet Show
Winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award 2019
$25.76
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2019
Summary
‘Fantastic’ Martina Cole
‘Dark, sharp and compelling’ Peter James
‘A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series’ Mick Herron
Welcome to the Puppet Show …
A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District’s prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless.
When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472127457 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472127455 |
| Author: | M.W. Craven |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2019 |
| Weight: | 249g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 40mm |
| Series: | Washington Poe |
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Critics Review
A thrilling curtain-raiser for what looks set to be a great new series.
Nothing you’ve ever read will prepare you for the utterly unique Washington Poe
Satisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the read.This book is twisted and dark and I loved it - not sure what that says about meNothing you’ve ever read will prepare you for the utterly unique Washington Poe - Keith NixonMike Craven is a forceful new voice in British crime fiction.A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint-hearted!A thrilling curtain-raiser for what looks set to be a great new series.Dark, sharp and compellingAbout The Author
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
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