Linda's Book Bag ' Craven's understanding of the criminal world is obvious in this cracking read' Woman's Weekly ' Breath-taking' Random Things Through My Letterbox ' 5 Stars. Malone 'Nothing you've ever read will prepare you for the utterly unique Washington Poe' Keith Nixon 'Beware if you pick up a book by M.W. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint hearted!' David Mark 'A gripping start to a much anticipated new series' Vaseem Khan 'Satisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the read' Michael J. I loved this first dip into the world of Tilly and Poe!' BA Paris 'A brutal and thrilling page turner' Natasha Harding, The Sun 'A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series' Mick Herron 'One of the most engaging teams in crime fiction' Daily Mail 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. I can't wait for the next one.' Peter Robinson ' Dead Ground is both entertaining and engaging with great characters and storyline. Dead Ground is a fast-paced crime novel with as many twists and turns as a country lane.

Craven's Poe/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and better. _ Praise for M W Craven : 'I've been following M.W. _ This is a short story, not a full-length novel. And now things are about to get interesting. More importantly, a nerdy, computer whizz-kid called Tilly Bradshaw is watching his back. Although it might seem like a hopeless situation, Poe has planned to be here all along. But Poe knows two things the Pale Man doesn't. He goes by the name of the Pale Man and he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for twenty years. He's been punched and kicked and threatened, and when a contract killer arrives it seems things are about to go from bad to worse. Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn't how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to spend his weekend. Poe's just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon.

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