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Black Summer
Black Summer | M. W. Craven
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'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James After The Puppet Show, a new storm is coming . . . Jared Keaton, chef to the stars. Charming. Charismatic. Psychopath . . . He's currently serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of his daughter, Elizabeth. Her body was never found and Keaton was convicted largely on the testimony of Detective Sergeant Washington Poe. So when a young woman staggers into a remote police station with irrefutable evidence that she is Elizabeth Keaton, Poe finds himself on the wrong end of an investigation, one that could cost him much more than his career. Helped by the only person he trusts, the brilliant but socially awkward Tilly Bradshaw, Poe races to answer the only question that matters: how can someone be both dead and alive at the same time? And then Elizabeth goes missing again - and all paths of investigation lead back to Poe. Praise for M W Craven: 'Fantastic' Martina Cole 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' Matt Hilton 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent' David Mark 'Washington Poe - a rising giant in detective fiction' Alison Bruce
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OutsmartYourShelf
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This second book in the series manages to be even better than the first. With a fiendishly clever plot & some funny yet endearing exchanges between Poe & Tilly (who has received a promotion & has her own team!), & there's a particularly comically description of a Michelin-starred type menu from Poe's point of view. It's a very entertaining read. (Continued)

OutsmartYourShelf I will just warn though that the first chapter contains distressing details of cruelty & death towards two birds who are then cooked & eaten which made me extremely glad to be vegetarian. I plan on reading the rest of the series as I like the friendship between the two MCs a lot. 4.5🌟

TWs: Death of a parent, death, kidnapping, animal cruelty & death.

Full Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3724537112

Read 26th Aug - 01 Sept 2023
(edited) 1y
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andrew61
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Second in the Washington poe series was an enjoyable roller coaster as the grumpy detective finds himself manipulated by a #wrongfullyincarcaratedcharacter (loose interpretation here to get in for #booked2023) celebrity TV chef. With the help of Tilly Bradshaw ,Poe has to now avoid being charged with murder. Definitely will read on in the series.

TrishB Love this series! I‘ve just started his new series this morning 1y
andrew61 @TrishB sounds good, definitely will give it a go. Great storyteller and characters. 1y
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LeslieO
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My goal this month is morning reading on the deck to up my stats. 🙂🤞💛🍋#BookSpinBingo

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TheSpineView
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#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Prompt: Sweeney Todd

Klou Brilliant! 2y
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Donna310x
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Onto book 2 of the Washington Poe & Tilly Bradshaw series. Love love love them

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bookish.mum
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May Wrap-up 📚

Jurassic Park 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Black Summer 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Heartstopper Volume 4 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Jeg
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Excellent. Could not stop reading this. Just what I needed right now. There is another in this series and another on the way. I‘ll be reading them all.
#joysbooks2021
@MrsMalaprop I think you might like this one. Interesting references to food.

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MicheleinPhilly
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Another terrific Poe/Bradshaw/Flynn investigation. The series is billed as “Washington Poe” so I was happy to see the full team back together again. Especially Tilly as she is my absolute favorite. This one just reinforced how much I miss eating in restaurants. Just a few more weeks now. #SeriesRead2021

vivastory Did you get the vaccine yet? 4y
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MicheleinPhilly @vivastory Excellent! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 4y
TrishB Love Tilly too ♥️ and we‘re vaccination day twins 😁 4y
MicheleinPhilly @TrishB 👯‍♀️❤️ 4y
TheSpineView Excellant! 👍📖 4y
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TrishB
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2nd in the series 👍🏻 this was great. So many twists and turns, loved it. Great characters too.
#seriesread2021
Thanks @eanderson for putting me onto this series 😘

eanderson Yes!!! You‘re welcome! It‘s fun having others to push new series on. Not like we could ever have enough! 💕 4y
TrishB @eanderson exactly ♥️ 4y
TheSpineView Excellant! 😍📖 4y
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eanderson
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Wow!!! What a second book in the Washington Poe series! Poe and his, what some would call untimely, witt kept what would be a dark twist on the fluffier side. He had me laughing out loud. I absolutely love Tilly and her ability to make an awkward situation even more awkward. She‘s the best! Poe refuses to back down when the evidence says otherwise. He is unstoppable when he has the genius Tilly by his side. 🌟🌟🌟🌟✨

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eanderson
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Both dark and hilarious at the same time! 🤣

Megabooks 😂😂😂😂 4y
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eanderson
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Weeeeee!!!! I am seriously ditching everything I‘m reading to start the second Washington Poe book. I feel like a smarta$$ detective is just what I need and I‘m trying to milk out the remaining Kim Stone books that I have.

TrishB Go for it 👍🏻 4y
eanderson @TrishB I read the prologue and now I‘m going to just have to keep reading. 🤣 (edited) 4y
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Sarahishappy
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Amazing book. Can‘t wait for book 3 this summer

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yvo_about_books
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Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates!! 🎄🎅🦌☃️ I've been spending this rainy Christmas day with one of my favorite character duos discovered in 2019: Tilly and Poe... 😍

umbrellagirl Merry Christmas to you as well 💙🎁🎄 5y
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MatCoward
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BookishMadHatter
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I've been waiting for this book pretty much since the end of the last one and it is more than living up to my expectations. Can't put it down

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TheEllieMo
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#30JuneBooks Day 21:
There is much excitement in my Facebook crime book club for the tagged book, which was a #NewRelease yesterday, the second in Craven‘s Washington Poe series. I confess I haven‘t the first yet, but it‘s on my TBR!