Published: 9 January 2020
Available in: Paperback, E-book, Audio
Publisher: Constable
‘This is high quality crime writing’
– A A Dhand
The second dark and twisted thriller in the Avison Fluke series by M. W. Craven, the acclaimed author of The Puppet Show.
Investigating how a severed hand ends up on the third green of a Cumbrian golf course is not how Detective Inspector Avison Fluke has planned to spend his Saturday. So when a secret protection unit from London swoops in quoting national security, he’s secretly pleased.
But trouble is never far away. A young woman arrives at his lakeside cabin with a cryptic message: a code known to only a handful of people and it forces Fluke back into the investigation he’s only just been barred from.
In a case that will change his life forever, Fluke immerses himself in a world of New Age travellers, corrupt cops and domestic extremists. Before long he’s alienated his entire team, has been arrested under the Terrorism Act – and has made a pact with the Devil himself. But a voice has called out to him from beyond the grave. And Fluke is only getting started…
Praise for M. W. Craven:
‘Dark, sharp and compelling’
– PETER JAMES
‘Fantastic’
– MARTINA COLE
‘Britain’s answer to Harry Bosch’
– MATT HILTON
‘Thrilling’
– MICK HERRON
‘Brilliantly inventive’
– WILLIAM SHAW
‘A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent’
– DAVID MARK
‘Fluke is a magnificent creation; a man with an intriguing present as well as a past, and one who will follow whatever path seems right to him to achieve his goals. This leads to plenty of outrageous scenarios – and highly entertaining reading. Other characters are also individual and well drawn; not the mish-mash of indistinguishable police people you sometimes find. The suspects were satisfyingly evoked and the game of find the murderer played out very well. It wasn’t a book with just a murder: it had themes such as how people react to authority, and how identities can be assumed, lost, refound, never left. I enjoyed the setting of northern Cumbria, and I enjoyed the modern terrorist reincarnation of old Troubles. Very pacey, hugely interesting, never a dull moment and with characters and a conclusion I could enjoy’
– Mystery People
NOTE:
Please note that this is the revised and updated edition of Body Breaker, first published by Caffeine Nights in 2017.
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