Praise for M. W. Craven: 'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' Matt Hilton 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' David Mark 'Fantastic' Martina Cole'Thrilling' Mick Herron'Gripping prose...

If you think you know what's happening next, you're where he wants you to be . . . It's Christmas and serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6 Called in to...

Silence and secrets ... and a ceramic ratDetective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated croft, when he is summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been beaten to death...

Detective Inspector Avison Fluke is a man on the edge. He has committed a crime to get back to work, concealed an illness, and is about to be made homeless. Just as he thinks things can't get any worse, the body of a young woman is found...

Silence and secrets ... and a ceramic rat Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved croft, when he is summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been beaten to death with a...

The second dark and twisted thriller in the Avison Fluke series by M. W. Craven, the acclaimed author of The Puppet Show.Investigating how a severed hand ends up on the third green of a Cumbrian golf course is not how Detective Inspector...

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...

This is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe's life...Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he'd still have his thumb left. There's the guilelessly innocent civilian analyst,...

This is going to be the longest week of Washington Poe's life...Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he'd still have a finger and thumb left. There's Tilly Bradshaw, of course. And...

Die Top-Weihnachtsempfehlung: »Wer für dieses Jahr Spannung verschenken will - M.W. Craven "Der Botaniker". Eine absolute Entdeckung!« Buchhandlung Belling, Lübeck Getrocknete Blumen, Gedichte – und Gift: Wehe dem, der Post vom Botaniker...

Clever und hochspannend, scharfzüngig und voller britischem Wortwitz: »Als Leser merkt man sehr schnell, dass man mit der Poe-Reihe etwas ganz Besonderes in Händen hält.« n-tv.de M W Cravens Kriminalroman »Der Zögling« ist der erste Band...

Ein Mord, bei dem nichts ist, wie es scheint Endlich auf Deutsch: Band 4 der »beste[n] britische[n] Krimi-Reihe, die es aktuell gibt.« Thomas Gisbertz, krimi-couch DS Washington Poe ist irritiert, als er wegen eines Mordes zu einem...