Black Summer

Critics Review

• Dark, sharp and compelling

  Peter James on The Puppet Show

• A book that shines with tension, wit and invention

  William Shaw

• A thrilling curtain-raiser for what looks set to be a great new series

  Mick Herron on The Puppet Show

• Mike Craven is a forceful new voice in British crime fiction

  Caro Ramsay

• Gripping. Taut. Twisty

  Imran Mahmood

• Dark and twisted in all the right places. Poe is a great mix of compelling, complex & charismatic, and well on his way to becoming one of the standout characters in crime fiction

  Robert Scragg

• Fantastic

  Martina Cole on The Puppet Show

• I cannot recall the last time I binge read a novel in 36 hours . . . truly mind-blowing

  A. A. Dhand

• So dark and twisty

  Elly Griffiths

• Satisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the read

  Michael J. Malone

• A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint-hearted!

  David Mark on The Puppet Show

• In Tilly and Poe, MW Craven has created a stand-out duo who are two of the most compelling characters in crime fiction in recent years. They deserve to join the ranks of Holmes and Watson, Rebus and Clarke, Hill and Jordan

  Fiona Cummins

• Washington Poe is a name destined to be spoken by crime fiction enthusiasts everywhere: Britain’s answer to Harry Bosch . . . a wickedly, twisting and turning, mystery that will have readers breathlessly turning the pages until the final shocking conclusion

  Matt Hilton on The Puppet Show

• This book is twisted and dark and I loved it – not sure what that says about me

  Simon Toyne on The Puppet Show

• A brilliant start to what promises to be a fantastic series; get it now or kick yourself for missing out

  Graham Smith on The Puppet Show

• Washington Poe – a rising giant in detective fiction

  Alison Bruce

• A twisty thriller with a killer plot, backed up by solid research with characters you’ll want to keep spending time with

  Ed James

• One of the best British crime novels I’ve read in a long time. It’s a great, brilliantly researched plot, not so much a whodunnit, more how the hell can that be? Simply an unputdownable page-turner

  Nick Oldham

• Grabs you from the very first page. A dark and brilliantly twisted crime thriller, bringing back the inimitable Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw. You have to leave your fingerprints all over it

  Colin Falconer

• Dark, thrilling and unputdownable with sharply drawn characters that stride off the page

  Victoria Selman