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M. W. Craven

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The Sun, Heat, and Sunday Mirror have all praised M. W. Craven's The Sun Compelling Heat as a brutal and thrilling page-turner with a great sense of place. Jared Keaton, a chef to the stars, is currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. When a young woman staggers into a remote police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Detective Sergeant Washington Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation that could cost him his career.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 416 pages
Publication date: 12 December 2019
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group


A gripping and thrilling novel that will keep you on the edge of your seat!

The Sun is a compelling page-turner that will leave you breathless.

Compelling Heat is the best pure mystery plot of the year.

Morning Star is a gleefully gory and witty novel with a terrific sense of place.

Sunday Mirror After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming. . .

Jared Keaton, chef to the stars, is charming, charismatic, and psychopathic. He is 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 of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe.

So, when a young woman staggers into a remote police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation, one that could cost him much more than his career.

Helped by the only person he trusts, the brilliant but socially awkward Tilly Bradshaw, Poe races to answer the only question that matters: how can someone be both dead and alive at the same time?

And then Elizabeth goes missing again, and all paths of investigation lead back to Poe.

The gripping new thriller in the Washington Poe series from M. W. Craven, winner of the CWA Gold Dagger Award for best crime novel of 2019.

*Longlisted for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger 2020*

Praise for M. W. Craven:

Dark, sharp, and compelling. PETER JAMES

Fantastic. MARTINA COLE

Britain's answer to Harry Bosch. MATT HILTON

A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. DAVID MARK

Truly mind-blowing. A. A. Dhand

A book that shines with tension, wit, and invention. WILLIAM SHAW

Washington Poe - a rising giant in detective fiction. ALISON BRUCE

A twisty thriller with a killer plot. ED JAMES

I loved this book!

Jo Jakeman

One of the best British crime novels.

Weight: 284g
Dimension: 128 x 196 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781472127495

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