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Nobody's Hero by M.W. Craven

Happy publication day to M.W Craven. Nobody's Hero, the second Ben Koenig thriller is out now, and I'm sharing my thoughts on the blog. Link in bio. @m.w.craven @littlebrownbookgroup_uk #books #bookreview #nobodyshero #bookstagram #booksofinstagram

Happy publication day to M.W. Craven as Ben Koenig once again set foot into the world in Nobody’s Hero. I absolutely loved book one, Fearless, so I delighted to have an chance to read ahead of publication day courtesy of publisher, Constable via Netgalley. Here’s what the book is all about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 10 October 2024Publisher: Constable Continue reading Nobody’s Hero by…

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De botanist – M.W. Craven

De botanist - M.W. Craven In deel 5 van de 'Washington Poe'-serie overtreft Craven zichzelf. Trakteer je zelf op twee locked room-mysteries. Maar voor je dat doet: lees eerst mijn recensie :)

Mijn man was zondag een beetje boos. Ik had hem ’s nachts uit zijn slaap gehaald. Het is allemaal de schuld van Mike Craven. Terwijl ik opbleef om dochterlief van een feestje te halen, was ik in De botanist begonnen. Vroeger dan verwacht kreeg ik een berichtje dat ik Amber mocht oppikken. Daarom dus dat ik om halftwee ’s nachts nog even wou doorlezen.    Continue reading Untitled

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The Stickman’s Book Club (Both Chapters).

We all watch a lot of movies, play a lot of games, but now it's time to HIT THEM BOOKS. So grab the cheap wine, cheese and crackers and your whitest friends, it's time for...

THE STICKMAN'S BOOK CLUB. Chapter 1 HERE. Chapter 2 HERE.

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Book 16 of 2023

I love Poe and Tilly so much. I love every book in the series. 

5 stars

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Zona muerta (Washington Poe 4) - M. W. Craven (2023)

Zona muerta (Washington Poe 4) - M. W. Craven (2023)

La fascinante y nueva entrega de la serie protagonizada por Washington Poe. NOVELA GANADORA DEL PRESTIGIOSO CWA IAN FLEMING STEEL DAGGER AWARD 2022. NOMINADA AL MEJOR THRILLER DE AÑO POR THEAKSTON OLD PECULIAR. El sargento Washington Poe está en la corte, luchando contra el desalojo de su amada y aislada granja, cuando lo citan a un burdel callejero en Carlisle, donde un hombre ha sido asesinado…

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went on one hell of a book haul at my country's biggest book sale of the year! looking forward to reading all of this in the coming weeks 👻

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16 Murder Mystery Book Recommendations

A Good Girl's Guide To Murder by Holly Jackson

Thirteen by Steve Cavanagh

The Puppet Show by M.W. Craven

One Of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman

The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

Murder Most Unladylike by Robin Stevens

Suddenly A Murder by Lauren Muñoz

Anything by Agatha Christie

The Trial by Robert Rinder

Kill For Me, Kill For You by Steve Cavanagh

The Pale Blue Eye by Louis Bayard

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly

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Hi kelly!! :D for the get to know me meme:

1 - if you want!

11 - if so, what?

33 - for me this list is always Too Long haha

42 - gimme book recs or gimme death

57 - because i feel like adults don't ask each other that enough!

Chrissie my beloved!!

1 - selfie

Hey woah look a face reveal what a wild time <this was from my friend’s hen do and the theme was Paddington, I’m not that stylish irl>

11 - Are you listening to music right now?

Yes, I have it on at work all the time, currently Clarity - Come Wind // 1,000 years - The Gaslight Anthem

33 - Something you want to learn

I would love to get back to learning the piano/violin. I played at school and really enjoyed it, but life is busy and I have a flatmate 😅

42 - Favourite Books

This is hard!!! Mostly because my brain is made of Swiss cheese (thanks adhd you are, fab) - The Witcher books are an obvious choice for me, but the next time I go to my mums and I’ll make you a proper reccy list

Edit: a reccy list, as promised!!!

House of leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski - it’s an interactive book which was so good for me and my adhd, I have written all over this thing and it changed my reading life (this does come with a TW for SA)

Jam - Yahtzee Crowshaw (carnivorous jam post apocalypse, very funny)

The puppet show - M.W. Craven (murder mystery that broke me)

The institute - Steven king

Technically plays but deserve their space;

Inspector calls - J.B Priestly (I have read this at least 30 times and it still gets me)

A view from the bridge - Arthur Miller

57 - favourite animal

Hands down, the Capybara

My best friend pulled an absolute blinder and I got to hang out with some for my birthday last year. I was, delirious, the entire time

Get to know me!🧡

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Le guérisseur de M.W. Craven

 7.5/10 Dans le Cumbria, au Nord-Ouest de l’Angleterre, Washington Poe se lance sur la piste d’un tueur qui vient en quelques jours de déposer des trophées prélevés sur ses victimes dans des lieux insolites.  En l’occurrence des doigts coupés, accompagnés d’un code cryptique : #DCN6, retrouvés au pied d’un sapin, dans les fonts baptismaux d’une église, dans la vitrine d’un…

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Ben Koenig's Race Against Time: Nobody’s Hero (Ben Koenig #2) by M.W. Craven   @MWCravenUK  @BethWright26 @LittleBrownUK

An urgent, well plotted thriller with memorable characters, more than a few surprises, and a relentless pace that left me breathless.

Source: Review copyPublication: 10 October 2024 from ConstablePP: 448ISBN-13: 978-1408717608 My thanks to Constable for an advance copy for review The man who can’t feel fear is back, in a race against time to find the woman who knows a secret that could take down the world as we know it. When a shocking murder and abduction on the streets of London leads investigators to him, Ben Koenig has…

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july 1st

book: the curator by m.w craven

opened on: chapter 39, page 163

closed on: chapter 46, page 195

read for 27 minutes

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The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

Today I am sharing my thoughts on the brand new Poe and Bradshaw thriller from M.W. Craven, The Mercy Chair, which is out this week. @m.w.craven @littlebrownbookgroup_uk #books #bookstagram #themercychair #bookreview #booksofinstagram #washingtonpoe

Today I am absolutely delighted to share my review of The Mercy Chair, the brand new Poe and Bradshaw thriller from M.W. Craven. It’s always a highlight of the year when a new Washington Poe book lands but, by heck, this one takes the (bad) biscuit. My thanks to publisher Constable for the early copy via Netgalley. Here’s what it’s all about: Source: NetgalleyRelease Date: 06 June 2024Publisher:…

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Dode hoek – M.W. Craven

Dode hoek - M.W. Craven Een heerlijke mix van alles wat het thrillergenre te bieden heeft. Lees hier mijn recensie over dit vierde deel met Washington Poe en Tilly Bradshaw.

Na drie keiharde politiethrillers met wilde achtervolgingen en levensbedreigende actie, gooit M.W. Craven het in Dode hoek over een heel andere boeg. Hou je klaar voor een mix van politie, FBI, geheime en militaire dienst die allemaal op dezelfde zaak gezet worden. Vuurwerk verzekerd! (more…) “”

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Book Review: Dead Ground (M.W. Craven)

Before reviewing this book, I suppose I should point out that this is the fourth installment in an ongoing detective series. I picked up the original, ‘The Puppet Show’, on a whim at a second hand shop back in late 2020, and I’ve very quickly picked up each following installment since then (I recently purchased the newest release, ‘The Botanist’ to read after my next book). I’ve not really got into a lot of book series’ since my post-COVID rekindled love of reading, preferring instead to jump around, trying new authors, styles and genres. But these Washington Poe (The main character) novels have become very entertaining in-between reads to some of the longer books I’ve picked up over recent years. They’re just about the right length, they’re very easy reads and offer the wonderfully pulpy crime/mystery vibes of something like BBC’s ‘Luther’, which is a show I love very much. In a lot of ways these books feel made in much the same image as that show, they prioritise thrills, tension and creative set-ups over procedural realism, which is very much my lane for crime fiction. They aren’t “high art”, but they’re exactly the kinda thing I enjoy reading.

So yeah, here we arrive at the fourth entry in the series, ‘Dead Ground’, which sees lead detective Washington Poe and his techie analyst partner Tilly Bradshaw embroiled in a seemingly random murder case that has gained the focus of MI5. This ultimately results in a very twisty turny conspiracy thriller involving the armed forces and international cover-ups. Oh, and a heist featuring James Bond masks. It’s a weird one.

I must say that this is probably my least favourite of the series so far. I noticed that the author himself (M.W Craven) ranks this as his personal favourite, and a story he’d wanted to tell for a while. I can understand why, as the writer, that this conspiracy/politically charged narrative might be a fun creative pursuit, and it’s at least admirable that the series has managed to find multiple sub-genres to put its lead characters through. But I felt that, as the main conceit of the case was set broadly in the past, it meant there wasn’t a lot of high stakes or potential for ‘action’ in the book itself. There’s a pretty strong final conflict, but, especially compared to the dramatic and shocking nature of the previous book ‘The Curator’, this one sadly felt a little dry. All that said, despite it being the weakest of the novels, it still features many of the plus points that have made me a fan of the series from the start. The writing is very punchy and easy to binge your way through, and the core characters (Poe and Tilly) continue to make for a great double act, in the same way that the lead pairings from crime shows such as ‘The Bridge’ also did. They give the story so much personality and humour, and mean that, even if you aren’t as enamored with the case they’re on as in previous installments, you’re still engaged with the novel because of your rapport with its cast. There are a lot of ongoing elements to the wider story across each novel, that have become engaging in of themselves at this point. So as long as the writing continues to be sharp and engrossing, then I suppose it doesn’t matter how strong the cases are themselves. Of course, it helps when they’re good as well.

And I mean, the case isn’t BAD by any means. It just feels a little dull compared to prior entries. It’s fair to say that you can’t put the lead characters in peril, or at the center of the case in EVERY novel, but without any major dangers, it can feel a bit sedate by comparison. Political conspiracies obviously have the potential to be quite high-stakes for those investigating them, so I’m not sure you can purely blame the shift in genre either. Also, a little pet peeve, but I do feel the chapters have increasingly relied on “And then it all came together” closing sentences FAR too often at this point. It happened in the other novels, but not nearly to this extent, I swear. Especially given most of the “And then it all made sense” chapter closers in this book actually aren’t accurate, it got a bit silly when about 40% of the chapters ended that way. Hopefully the next entry will dial that down a tad.

So yeah, despite it being the weakest entry so far, I still really enjoyed this fourth installment of the Poe series. There’s just something about the tone, the humour and the writing that make these so addictive to read. It’s the perfect easy and fun blockbuster of a novel to check out between other, headier/older reads. I could  probably blast through an M.W. Craven novel in a few hours if I didn’t pace myself in installments. It’s perfect for holiday reading, that’s for sure. Maybe one day I’ll actually go on holiday and take one. For now, I’ll just enjoy them in the comfort of my own home.          

Read it or Leave it : Read It.

Reading Next (The Living Dead by Daniel Kraus & George Romero)

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Book 8 of 2023

4 stars. 

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The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven

The Mercy Chair by M.W. Craven