Post Mortal

Synopsis

Your postman knows your secrets.

Barry Wapping has been delivering post in the same West Yorkshire town since 1982. He knows his patch better than anyone. Mrs Hopper was one of his favourites, so when Barry arrives with a bundle of condolence cards only to find her daughter already at the door – house up for sale, mail redirected overnight, everything tidied away at suspicious speed – he can’t let it go. What begins as professional instinct slowly becomes something more entangling: a property agent with a troubling marital history, a string of unexplained disappearances, and a woman who may not be who she claims to be. Barry, postal widower and most unlikely of sleuths, is an indelible creation.

Praise for Previous Work

‘(On More Like Wrestling than Dancing) Craig’s treatment of the girls is warm-hearted, fond, and full of foible-driven laughs, but it’s the men’s web of subterfuge which provokes the real side-clutching.’ —i-D magazine

‘(On More Like Wrestling than Dancing) Craig’s second novel explores female relationships, and how far they’ll stretch when other factors such as men are thrown into the equation. But he’s clever to address other relationships too, including warring parents, unhappy siblings and a nightmare boss. This is a story with real-life dilemmas and plausible solutions, certain to pull in intelligent readers.’ —Time Out

‘(On More Like Wrestling than Dancing) Like the Sex & the City girls, Anna and Natasha are looking for fun, love and money but they’re stuck with the dregs of Bradford manhood … a sort of Liver Birds for the new millennium’ —Big Issue

‘(On More Like Wrestling than Dancing) A superbly crafted second novel which wrings every last drop of blood and tears from the emotional splendour of the grimy Northern night … has the razor-edged truth of a John Lennon song’ —Daily Express

‘(On More Like Wrestling than Dancing) One of the most perceptive and descriptive commentaries on friendship between women I’ve read in contemporary fiction.’ —Daily Record

‘(On Cover to Cover) Craig’s debut novel is an intriguing read. It is a book about books and their effect on people. Reading becomes not just a form of escapism, but a place where an individual can have complete control over their life. There is something engaging about Tanya’s realness. She is the antithesis of Bridget Jones – irrational, moody and happy to be alone. Craig’s prose is as direct as Tanya’s attitude and makes Cover to Cover a well structured exploration of emotional relationships.’ —Francesca Gavin, The Times

‘(On Cover to Cover) A smart, funny novel … With its twisting plot and sharp observations, this is a wonderful debut from a talented new writer.’ —Sainsbury’s magazine

‘(On Cover to Cover) As a sly dig at chick-lit, and the readers who identify with the genre’s heroines, this is an entertaining first novel.’ —John Oates, Independent on Sunday

‘(On Cover to Cover) He has an easy style of writing, a sharp eye for the absurd and a nice line in humour.’ —Yorkshire Evening Post

‘(On Cover to Cover) This is a funny book, with moments of real intelligence and insight that set it apart from the rest’ —Bill Davis, Bristol Evening Post

‘(On Cover to Cover) It’s an intriguing premise, and Craig deftly pulls it off.’ —David Barnett, Bradford Telegraph and Argus