Book Club

Black Summer

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Readers and reviewers alike raved about The Puppet Show, MW Craven‘s 2018 release which introduced the decidedly different crime fighting duo of DS Washington Poe and analyst Tilly Bradshaw. Now they’re back in a case that will test them both to the limits. Six years…
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Out of the Ashes

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Vicky Newham’s second novel to feature DI Maya Rahman starts with a bang – literally – as one of the new businesses blamed for gentrifying London’s Brick Lane goes up in flames. Two bodies are found inside, closely entwined on a bed. One belongs to…
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Deadland

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If you like your books with a strong sense of place, then this one by William Shaw should be top of your list. It’s set in Dungeness, on the far southern tip of Kent, and is the latest to feature DS Alexandra Cupidi. Two would-be…
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Features

Interview: MW Craven

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Mike Craven spent a decade travelling the world in the army before returning home to do a social work degree and becoming a probation officer. Now he’s a full-time writer, with a series of books about Cumbrian DI Avison Fluke under his belt. He’s since…
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The Passengers

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Written by John Marrs — Crime fiction writers are a pretty twisted lot. If they’re not creating slap-the-forehead-and-cry-out-in-shock moments, they’re happily sitting at home, surveying the world around them and coming up with cunning uses for everyday objects. Sound familiar, John Marrs? Maybe he got…
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10 crime shows that time forgot

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The older you get, the more you have those ‘what was it called?’ moments. Know the ones I mean? It’s when a fleeting memory passes by, blithely waves and then continues into the ether, leaving behind a vague recollection that’s bound to bother you all…
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Black Summer

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Written by MW Craven — The Puppet Show was one of last year’s top reads. It got a five-star review here on Crime Fiction Lover, is on the long-list for the 2019 CWA Gold Dagger Award and has a whopping 4.8 Amazon score. The book…
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