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The Cutting Season

By: M. W. Craven
Narrated by: John Banks
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Poe's just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon....

Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn't how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to spend his weekend. He's been punched and kicked and threatened, and when a contract killer arrives, it seems things are about to go from bad to worse. He goes by the name of the Pale Man, and he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for 20 years.

But Poe knows two things the Pale Man doesn't. Although it might seem like a hopeless situation, Poe has planned to be here all along. More importantly, a nerdy computer whizz-kid called Tilly Bradshaw is watching his back. And now things are about to get interesting....

©2022 M. W. Craven (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK Crime Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Crime

Critic reviews

"A brutal and thrilling page-turner.'' (Natasha Harding, The Sun)

"A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series." (Mick Herron)

"One of the most engaging teams in crime fiction." (Daily Mail)
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The underlying storyline works well but I found M.W. Craven's need to continuously tie the dialogue to the relevant character by name both irritating and totally unnecessary in view of John Bank's excellent narration.

Dissappointing

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Really liked previous mw craven books, this one is much less sophisticated. As usual, enjoyable - a story cut mercifully short!

Short yarn

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really love Poe he is fab very well written really enjoyed this book Tilly is very deep

very deep

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what a great short story funny as always with Tilly and Poe. Can't wait for the next one

brilliant

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interesting plot and the dialogue is great! like the plot twists! very enjoyable and thoughtful

great short story - really like the clever plot

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