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The Curator

Washington Poe, Book 3

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The Curator

By: M. W. Craven
Narrated by: John Banks
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Shortlisted for the VN Thriller of the Year 2022

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA GOLD DAGGER

It's Christmas and a serial killer is leaving displayed body parts all over Cumbria. A strange message is left at each scene: #BSC6

Called in to investigate, the National Crime Agency's Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw are faced with a case that makes no sense. Why were some victims anaesthetized, while others died in appalling agony? Why is their only suspect denying what they can irrefutably prove but admitting to things they weren't even aware of? And why did the victims all take the same two weeks off work three years earlier?

And when a disgraced FBI agent gets in touch things take an even darker turn. Because she doesn't think Poe is dealing with a serial killer at all; she thinks he's dealing with someone far, far worse - a man who calls himself the Curator.

And nothing will ever be the same again . . .

FROM THE WINNER OF THE CWA BEST CRIME NOVEL OF 2019 AWARD

©2020 M. W. Craven (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK Crime Thrillers Modern Detectives Mystery Police Procedural Thriller & Suspense Thriller Fiction Exciting Suspense

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Critic reviews

"Dark, sharp and compelling." (Peter James)

"A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent." (David Mark)

"Fantastic." (Martina Cole)
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Far fetched but a brilliant story very well told, this series gets better and better

Amazing

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With so many twists and turns and a truly shocking ending this has to be one of the best crime books I've listened to. Thankfully only 2 weeks until publication of book 4.

Possibly the best book I've listened to this year

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Really enjoyed this book, the relationship between the characters is great and love the humor that runs through the story! Downloading the next one now!

Great story!

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Like the characters in these books. Annoyingly I read Dead Ground before realising there were books before it

Another enjoyable tale

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Easy listening, good story line, builds on main characters. Looking forward to the next book.

Entertaining.

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I always think that the sign of a good book is that you are sad when it ends or you want to start it all over again straight away. This book ticked both of those boxes. Its absorbing and entertaining, it rattles along at such a great pace that its hard to stop listening. This series is definitely not for the faint of heart, some of the descriptions should not be read/listened to whilst eating that's for sure!!

The narrator is fantastic, after 3 books he really gets the characters and their little quirks.

I can't wait for the next one, shame it's a year until that happens.

Another stunner

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Another fabulous novel. Brilliantly narrated. I did get who did it 3/4 of the way through but not why….

Brilliant

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The characters are fairly predictable but the story was captivating and relatively unpredictable until the end where it then seemed to unravel into the stupid. But I would recommend.

Enjoyable

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M.W. Craven is quite new to me. This is the third book, and my goodness does he keep your hooked.

Twists and Turns.

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The characters were once again a highlight, interesting and original. The plot was excellent but perhaps slightly over complex towards the end.

another excellent plot by MW Craven

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