The gripping new Devon-set crime thriller mystery featuring detective Eden Driscoll

The first in a brand new series of Devon-set crime thrillers featuring DS Eden Driscoll

'Crime fiction at its very best, a knotty mystery' ELLY GRIFFITHS

'Terrific … Perhaps his best yet' ANN CLEEVES

‘The undisputed king of seaside noir’ VASEEM KHAN

‘A gripping and wonderful thriller’ NICCI FRENCH

‘Twistier than a cramping snake’ M. W. CRAVEN

'My finest crime novel of the year' Daily Mail

Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn’t even known existed.

Resettled in the seaside town of Teignmouth, Eden adjusts to his newfound parenthood. Then Finn disappears from school, and Eden knows something is dreadfully wrong.

When Eden's sister's body is finally found, floating in the sea, local police rule her death an accident, but Eden isn’t convinced. She was an experienced sailor and would never sail without a life jacket. Eden starts searching his sister’s life for answers, and what he discovers changes everything.

READERS LOVE THE RED SHORE

‘What a captivating story! I was totally enthralled’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘This had me gripped from the very beginning and I was immediately invested’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I was genuinely engrossed in this book and found it hard to put down. One of Shaw's best books’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Wow. What a start to a series’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘William Shaw is a superb crime writer … highly recommended’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

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Among writers who comfortably fit into the literary end of the spectrum, William Shaw never fails to deliver impeccable exercises in psychological acuity

" - Financial Times

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The Red Shore is the action-packed start of a new series … the tentative and tempestuous relationship between the singleton Driscoll and nine-year-old Finn is beautifully observed.

" - The Times

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Shaw is always a fine writer, but this is his best work. It's my finest crime novel of the year – so far

" - Daily Mail

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The characters are credible and sympathetic, the plot is great and the action is fast-moving

" - Literary Review