<p><b>Poe''s just hanging around on a Saturday afternoon...</b><br><br>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 worse. He goes by the name of the Pale Man and he and his straight-edged razor have been feared all over London for twenty years.<br><br>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 back. And now things are about to get interesting . . .<br><br>_______________<br><i>This is a short story, not a full-length novel.</i><br>_______________<br><br><b>Praise for M W Craven<i>:</i></b><br><br><b>''I''ve been following M.W. Craven''s Poe/Tilly series from the very beginning, and it just gets better and better. <i>