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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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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News

Jackson Lamb is gunning for revenge

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On the Radar — There are too many crime books out there with anonymous silhouettes and vaguely thematic backgrounds on the cover, but we think the umbrella man on Mick Herron’s latest works rather well, with an atmospheric composition supported by the chiaroscuro effect of…
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The Puppet Show

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Written by MW Craven — Cumbrian writer Mike Craven burst onto the scene in 2015 with his CWA Debut Dagger nominated police procedural, Born in a Burial Gown, starring Avison Fluke, an intriguing character a little bit different to your typical detective. Fast forward a few…
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News

Do you believe?

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On the Radar — There’s a bit of a religious theme emerging among some of the books in this week’s new crime fiction report. In Martyn Waites’ latest, ancient Celtic beliefs come to the fore, while we could probably make a convent-ional joke about nuns…
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