Poe''s just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon... Dangling from a hook in a meat packing plant isn''t how Detective Sergeant Washington Poe wants to spend his weekend. He''s been punched and kicked and threatened, and when a contract killer arrives it seems things are about to go from bad to worseHe goes by the name of the Pale Man and he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for twenty years. But Poe knows two things the Pale Man doesn''t. Although it might seem like a hopeless situation, Poe has planned to be here all along. More importantly, a nerdy, computer whizz-kid called Tilly Bradshaw is watching his backAnd now things are about to get interesting . . . _______________ This is a short story, not a full-length novel. _______________ Praise for M W Craven: ''I''ve been following M.W. Craven''s Poe/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and betterDead Ground is a fast-paced crime novel with as many twists and turns as a coun