About the Author

Multi-award-winning author M.W. Craven was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle. He joined the army at sixteen, leaving ten years later to complete a social work degree. Seventeen years after taking up a probation officer role in Cumbria, at the rank of assistant chief officer, he became a full-time author. He is an instant Sunday Times bestseller and, for his Cumbria-set Washington Poe series, a recipient of the 2019 Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger, the 2022 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023. The series has now been translated into twenty-seven languages Instagram: @m.w.cravenTwitter :@mwcravenukFacebook: MikeCravenAuthor

Reviews

A thrilling curtain-raiser for what looks set to be a great new seriesSatisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the readA powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint-hearted!Mike Craven is a forceful new voice in British crime fictionWashington Poe is a name destined to be spoken by crime fiction enthusiasts everywhere: Britain's answer to Harry Bosch. The Puppet Show is a wickedly, twisting and turning, mystery that will have readers breathlessly turning the pages until the final shocking conclusionThis book is twisted and dark and I loved it - not sure what that says about meA brilliant start to what promises to be a fantastic series; get it now or kick yourself for missing out