The next unmissable novel* in theSundayTimesbestselling, multi-award-winning Washington Poe series. Poe andTilly fans: be prepared for the most twisted thrill-ride so far . . .

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‘Another standout entry in a series that keeps setting the bar higher’,Heat

‘The Final Vowis everything a thriller should be: clever,compelling, and packed with unforgettable characters. Gripping, darkly funny,and utterly addictive – MW Craven has done it again’, Rachel Abbott

‘…ingenious, absorbing, cynical and funny’, Literary Review

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An invisible killer with a 100% success rate. No one is safe. Not even thoseclosest to Washington Poe . . .

A shooting at Gretna Green. A bride is murdered on her wedding day, secondsafter she slips on her new ring. It’s brutal and bloody but she isn’t the firstvictim and she won’t be the last. With the body count now at 17, people areterrified, not knowing where the sniper will strike next.

With the nation in a state of panic, the police are at a loss and turn toWashington Poe and Tilly Bradshaw – the only team who just might be able totrack down a serial killer following no discernible pattern and with the wholecountry as his personal hunting ground. Can Poe and Tilly stop an unstoppableassassin, who never misses his mark and never makes a mistake? Or will he findthem before they find him…

*Previously listed asThe Third Light

EVERYONE LOVES M.W. CRAVEN:

‘Washington Poe is a brilliant creation from one of the finest and mostinventive crime writers of today’Peter James

‘Mesmerising, macabre and magnificent. Poe and Tilly are unstoppable’ChrisWhitaker

‘If you haven’t read any M.W. Craven yet, fix that immediately’S. A.Cosby

‘I’ve been following M.W. Craven’s Poe/Tilly series from the very beginning,and it just gets better and better ‘Peter Robinson

‘Poe and Tilly books are a joy’Steve Cavanagh

‘In Tilly and Poe, M.W. Craven has created a stand-out duo who are two of themost compelling characters in crime fiction in recent years’FionaCummins

About the Author

Multi-award-winning authorM.W. Cravenwasborn in Carlisle but grew up in Newcastle. He joined the army at sixteen,leaving ten years later to complete a social work degree.

Seventeen years aftertaking up a probation officer role in Cumbria, at the rank of assistant chiefofficer, he became a full-time author. He is an instant Sunday Times bestsellerand, for his Cumbria-set Washington Poe series, a recipient of the 2019 CrimeWriters’ Association Gold Dagger, the 2022 Ian Fleming Steel Dagger and theTheakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2023. The series has now beentranslated into twenty-nine languages