M. W. Craven
By the Author
The Mercy Chair
'Macabre and wry' Telegraph 'Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. The Mercy Chair is truly terrifying, laugh-out-loud funny, and impossibly clever. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable' Chris…
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Nobody's Hero
'Craven effectively mixes the unvarnished brutality and high body count of Lee Child with the black humor of Mick Herron . With style, wit, and…
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Why Don’t Sheep Shrink?
In Why Don't Sheep Shrink?, a global pandemic forces Poe and Tilly to self-isolate together. Things don't go well. They're bickering and on the verge…
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Cut Short
A collection of seven short stories, recorded here for the first time. In The Killing Field, Poe and Tilly are having breakfast, wondering how to…
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Strange Ink
In Strange Ink crime fighting duo, Tilly and Poe solve a mystery from inside a pantomime horse in a short story that first appeared in…
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A Permanent Solution
In A Permanent Solution Poe and Tilly are on an HR course in Wales when a murder is committed in their hotel. But, maybe not…
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Once in a Red Moon
In Once in a Red Moon, whilst on a murder-mystery evening in deepest darkest Northumberland, Poe manages to annoy everyone whilst simultaneously solving a mystery…
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Dead Man’s Fingers
Dead Man's Fingers sees Poe, Tilly and Edgar, Poe's English springer spaniel, enjoying a picnic at a nature reserve. When Edgar chases a rabbit, and…
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The Killing Field
In The Killing Field, Poe and Tilly are having breakfast, wondering how to spend the rest of their holiday, when their presence is requested at…
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Mondo Bizzarro
Mondo Bizzarro sees Tilly drag Poe to Durham to meet her favourite fantasy author, Aldridge Fowler but when they arrive, he's already dead - killed…
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The Botanist
WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 'The most joyously exciting novel I've read in years . . .[The] sense…
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The Cutting Season
Poe's just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon... Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn't how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to…
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Dead Ground
Winner of the prestigious CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2022 Longlisted for the Theakston Old Peculiar Crime Novel of the Year 2022 'Heart-pounding, hilarious,…
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The Curator
'Dark, sharp and compelling' PETER JAMES 'Fantastic' MARTINA COLE 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' MATT HILTON 'If you haven't read M W Craven yet, now…
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Cut Short
'A brutal and thrilling page-turner' THE SUN 'Gleefully gory and witty, with a terrific sense of place' SUNDAY MIRROR 'Compelling' HEAT *THREE BRAND NEW SHORT…
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Body Breaker
'This is high quality crime writing' A A Dhand The second dark and twisted thriller in the Avison Fluke series by M. W. Craven, the…
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Born in a Burial Gown
'Deeply layered, fiendishly clever and absorbing' Matt Hilton, author of the Joe Hunter series The first gritty thriller in the Avison Fluke series by M.…
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Black Summer
'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…