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Mike is a UK bestselling author, best known for his Cumbrian based crime and thriller novels starring Washington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw, which have been published in 26 countries. The fifth and latest book in this series is The Botanist, currently available in hardback, audio, and e-book. The paperback was released on 24th November 2022.

His new series, published in summer 2023, starring ex-US Marshal Ben Koenig, is set in the United States and has been picked up by a major streamer. His Washington Poe series, has also been optioned for TV.

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Fearless – out now in paperback

“Tough, explosive, badass, and brilliant, Fearless is everything you could want in a thriller…If you like Reacher, you’ll LOVE this.” —Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End

What is a truly fearless man capable of?
They’re about to find out. . . . 

With Fearless, award-winning author M. W. Craven launches a new series, featuring the man who can’t feel fear, Ben Koenig.

Audio books – available now!

MW Craven Washington Poe Coffee by John Watt & Son

John Watt & Son

The Washington Poe Blend

Established in 1865, John Watt & Son is well loved in Carlisle for being responsible for one of the city’s most recognisable aromas – freshly roasted coffee (another being ginger nuts at McVities!). Along with beer, coffee is the drink of choice for Washington Poe, and he has frequented the John Watt café in Carlisle during the course of his investigations. Thus, inspiring them to make a special blend of coffee to reflect Poe’s character and the tone of the books: “This is a coffee full of character. Grapefruit, dark chocolate, sugar cane and vanilla all grace the palate.”

Bookends Carlisle

Bookends is Carlisle’s locally owned, independent bookshop. It is a fascinating shop, with multiple floors and rooms full of every genre of book you can imagine, old and new. They also have a fabulous dog friendly café serving the most amazing cakes, and a garden for you to enjoy them in. Bookends have always been very supportive, hosting events and stocking my books, and here you will always be able to purchase or order a signed and/or dedicated M. W. Craven novel.

Please CLICK HERE to go to the Bookends website (bookscumbria.com), or CLICK HERE to go directly to books by M. W. Craven.

M W Craven at Bookends, Carlisle
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