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The Curator (Washington Poe 3)
M.W. Craven
It's Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6
Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency's Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were some victims anaesthetized, while others died in appalling agony? Why is their only suspect denying what they can irrefutably prove but admitting to things they weren't even aware of? And why did the victims all take the same two weeks off work three years earlier?
And when a disgraced FBI agent gets in touch things take an even darker turn. Because she doesn't think Poe is dealing with a serial killer at all; she thinks he's dealing with someone far, far worse - a man who calls himself the Curator.
And nothing will ever be the same again . . .
Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency's Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were some victims anaesthetized, while others died in appalling agony? Why is their only suspect denying what they can irrefutably prove but admitting to things they weren't even aware of? And why did the victims all take the same two weeks off work three years earlier?
And when a disgraced FBI agent gets in touch things take an even darker turn. Because she doesn't think Poe is dealing with a serial killer at all; she thinks he's dealing with someone far, far worse - a man who calls himself the Curator.
And nothing will ever be the same again . . .
GENRE
Crime; Thriller; Police Procedural
UK PUBLICATION
June 2020
Crime; Thriller; Police Procedural
UK PUBLICATION
June 2020
Praise
Selected as one of Woman & Home's Best Thriller Books of 2020
"Jaw-droppingly shocking and intense, there's no escape this novel's tense narrative and tightly woven mystery."
Woman & Home
"Witty, clever and shocking, The Curator is excellent at jolting your eyes onto the next page."
Cumbria Life
"Pacy, gory and clever, this is our new fave troubled cop / eccentric buddy duo."
Crime Monthly
"An intriguing, fast-moving mystery."
The Times
"Superb."
Daily Mail
"Atmospherically moody."
Peterborough Telegraph
"I can't explain how much it captured me... So twisty, and turny, and just so, so brilliantly clever."
Women's Way
"At times evokes the edgy relationships between cops in the novels of Michael Connelly, but with added psychological depth and a deep appreciation of the foibles of human nature. A series that keeps on getting better and better with every new volume. The Dagger judges got it right."
CrimeTime
"This disturbing and intricately plotted story, with its twists and turns includes all the ingredients —pace, dialogue, characterisation, intrigue, dark humour, suspense, multi-layering— that combine to produce an exhilarating, challenging, confound- ing read. Highly recommended."
Mystery People
"Jaw-droppingly shocking and intense, there's no escape this novel's tense narrative and tightly woven mystery."
Woman & Home
"Witty, clever and shocking, The Curator is excellent at jolting your eyes onto the next page."
Cumbria Life
"Pacy, gory and clever, this is our new fave troubled cop / eccentric buddy duo."
Crime Monthly
"An intriguing, fast-moving mystery."
The Times
"Superb."
Daily Mail
"Atmospherically moody."
Peterborough Telegraph
"I can't explain how much it captured me... So twisty, and turny, and just so, so brilliantly clever."
Women's Way
"At times evokes the edgy relationships between cops in the novels of Michael Connelly, but with added psychological depth and a deep appreciation of the foibles of human nature. A series that keeps on getting better and better with every new volume. The Dagger judges got it right."
CrimeTime
"This disturbing and intricately plotted story, with its twists and turns includes all the ingredients —pace, dialogue, characterisation, intrigue, dark humour, suspense, multi-layering— that combine to produce an exhilarating, challenging, confound- ing read. Highly recommended."
Mystery People
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Rights Sales for THE CURATOR
Czech Republic: Dobrovsky
Denmark: Jentas
Estonia: Pegasus
Greece: Harlenic Hellas
Japan: Hayakawa
Netherlands: Luitingh-Sijthoff
Portugal (ex. Brazil): Editora 2020
Spain: Roca Editorial
Sweden: Modernista
UK & Commonwealth: Constable & Robinson
Denmark: Jentas
Estonia: Pegasus
Greece: Harlenic Hellas
Japan: Hayakawa
Netherlands: Luitingh-Sijthoff
Portugal (ex. Brazil): Editora 2020
Spain: Roca Editorial
Sweden: Modernista
UK & Commonwealth: Constable & Robinson