The Burning Men

Arresting… an unusual novel with a rising sense of menace - The Sunday Times

An unmissable debut - Sunday Express S Magazine, Books to look forward to in 2020

A gripping debut with well-rounded characters and an intriguing plot. You won’t want it to end - Heat

The pace is good and Finn is a great character. There is also an excellently portrayed organised crime boss - Literary Review

This debut is, simply put, fantastic. It has such a strong opening, you’ll be hooked after the first chapter - Yahoo

This thriller’s hot stuff. A blaze of action and surprises, making it a sure crime debut of the year contender. Shindler’s list (sorry!) of successes include an original plot, gasp-out-loud twists and a brilliant new detective team… the case is a humdinger. 10⁄10 - The Peterborough Telegraph

Fans of police novels and dramas will lap up this tale, and as it’s the first in the Finn and Paulsen series, I can’t wait for the next instalment - Daily Record

Blistering debut… this is a gritty and cleverly plotted police drama - the very definition of a page- turner - Culture Fly

Will Shindler has been a broadcast journalist for the BBC for over twenty-five years, spending a decade working in television drama as a scriptwriter on Born and Bred, The Bill and Doctors. His time on these leading prime time dramas has given him a rich grounding in authentic police procedure, powerful character development and gripping narratives. He currently combines reading the news on BBC Radio London with writing crime novels and has previously worked as a television presenter for HTV, a sports reporter for BBC Radio Five Live, and one of the stadium presenters at the London Olympics.

He is the writer of The Burning Men, The Killing Choice and The Hunting Ground. The fourth book in the DI Alex Finn series - The Blood Line - will publish in 2023.