Black Summer

  • Author M. W. Craven
  • Narrator John Banks
  • Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
  • Run Time 9 hours and 47 minutes
  • Format Audio
  • Genre Crime and mystery fiction.
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What to expect

Praise for M W Craven:

'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James

'Fantastic' Martina Cole

'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' Matt Hilton

'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' David Mark

'Twisty and clever' Michael J. Malone

'So dark and twisty' Elly Griffiths

'You have to leave your fingerprints all over this standout thriller' Colin Falconer

'I loved this!' Jo Jakeman
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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

User Reviews

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