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Dead Ground (Washington Poe 4)
M. W. Craven
Detective Sergeant Washington Poe is in court, fighting eviction from his beloved and isolated croft, when he is summoned to a backstreet brothel in Carlisle where a man has been beaten to death with a baseball bat. Poe is confused - he hunts serial killers and this appears to be a straightforward murder-by-pimp - but his attendance was requested personally, by the kind of people who prefer to remain in the shadows.
As Poe and the socially awkward programmer Tilly Bradshaw delve deeper into the case, they are faced with seemingly unanswerable questions: despite being heavily vetted for a high-profile job, why does nothing in the victim's background check out? Why was a small ornament left at the murder scene - and why did someone on the investigation team steal it? And what is the connection to a flawlessly executed bank heist three years earlier, a heist where nothing was taken . . .
As Poe and the socially awkward programmer Tilly Bradshaw delve deeper into the case, they are faced with seemingly unanswerable questions: despite being heavily vetted for a high-profile job, why does nothing in the victim's background check out? Why was a small ornament left at the murder scene - and why did someone on the investigation team steal it? And what is the connection to a flawlessly executed bank heist three years earlier, a heist where nothing was taken . . .
GENRE
Crime; Police Procedural; Thriller
UK PUBLICATION
June 2021
Crime; Police Procedural; Thriller
UK PUBLICATION
June 2021
Praise
WINNER OF THE IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2022
"M. W. Craven is one of the best crime writers working today. Dead Ground is a cracking puzzle, beautifully written, with characters you'll be behind every step of the way. It's his best yet."
Stuart Turton
"Dead Ground is both entertaining and engaging with great characters and storyline. I loved this first dip into the world of Tilly and Poe!"
B. A. Paris
"M. W. Craven is one of the best crime writers working today. Dead Ground is a cracking puzzle, beautifully written, with characters you'll be behind every step of the way. It's his best yet."
Stuart Turton
"Dead Ground is both entertaining and engaging with great characters and storyline. I loved this first dip into the world of Tilly and Poe!"
B. A. Paris
Also by M. W. Craven
Washington Poe series
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Denmark: Jentas
Estonia: Kirjastus Pegasus
Greece: Harlenic Hellas
Japan: Hayakawa
Netherlands: Luitingh-Sijthoff
Spain: Roca Editorial
Sweden: Modernista
UK & Commonwealth: Constable & Robinson