Washington Poe

WINNER OF THE THEAKSTON OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023 ''The most joyously exciting novel I''ve read in years . . .[The] sense of fun and adventure . . . allied to a remarkable lightness of touch over nightmarish subject matter, makes for the kind of novel that inspired me to write fiction in the first place..'' Chris Brookmyre ''Mesmerising, macabre and murderously funny. The Botanist is M.W. Craven at his sinister best. I couldn''t love this series more'' Chris Whitaker ''I swear I''m one bad mood away from calling it black magic and going home . . .'' Detective Sergeant Washington Poe can count on one hand the number of friends he has. And he''d still have his thumb left. There''s the insanely brilliant, guilelessly innocent civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw of course. He''s known his beleaguered boss, Detective Inspector Stephanie Flynn for years as he has his nearest neighbour, full-time