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M. W. Craven was born in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle, running away to join the army at the tender age of sixteen. He spent the next ten years travelling the world having fun, leaving in 1995 to complete a degree in social work with specialisms in criminology and substance misuse. Thirty-one years after leaving Cumbria, he returned to take up a probation officer position in Whitehaven, eventually working his way up to chief officer grade. Sixteen years later he took the plunge, accepted redundancy and became a full-time author. He now has entirely different motivations for trying to get inside the minds of criminals . . .

M. W. Craven is married and lives in Carlisle with his wife, Joanne. When he isn’t out with his springer spaniel, or ...more

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	The Mercy Chair (Washington Poe, #6) 4.55 avg rating — 7,480 ratings — published 2024 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“She’s my friend. And trust me when I say this, I don’t have many.”
― M.W. Craven, The Botanist

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“Poe stood still and tried to untangle his mind. None of it felt right, some of the evidence contradicted other evidence-it was like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube that fought back.”
― M.W. Craven, The Curator

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“The door to the mortuary had a piece of A4 paper Sellotaped to the frosted glass. It said: ‘Pathologists have the coolest patients”
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