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Clever and exciting, sharp-tongued and full of British wit: "As a reader, you quickly realise that you have something very special in your hands with the Poe series."
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M W Craven's crime novel "The Pupil" is the first
first volume of the award-winning English crime series
series about DS Washington Poe and his brilliant colleagues and provides the prequel to "The Botanist".
A serial killer tortures his victims in the ancient stone circles of the county of Cumbria and burns them alive. The killer leaves no clues - until a close examination of the third victim's seemingly random torture marks reveals the name "Washington Poe". Could Detective Poe be the next victim? The currently suspended detective is hastily recalled to duty and put on the case together with the brilliant but socially incompatible analyst Tilly Bradshaw. As more victims and clues are discovered, which appear to be aimed specifically at Poe, the two investigators uncover a long-kept secret that could underlie the murders. The closer Poe gets to the perpetrator, the greater the terrible suspicion that he knows the man the press has christened "the arsonist" ...English crime series with cult potential
The bestselling British author M W Craven was honoured with the prestigious
Gold Dagger Award
for "The Pupil". The crime series about Detective Washington Poe and his team of powerful women is now a worldwide success.

M W Craven has also published the crime thriller "The Botanist" in German, which confronts DS Washington Poe with two seemingly impossible cases at once.
clever suspense to keep you guessing
for readers of Elizabeth George, AK Turner or Nicci French.