Deadland

William Shaw is one of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction - Peter James

Superb … Shaw handles diverse plotlines brilliantly, demonstrating his ability to write about contemporary events with keen intelligence - Sunday Times

PICK OF THE WEEK Another clever, thoughtful mystery from one of the best authors of Brit crime fiction’s new wave. - Sun

A thrilling climax that will keep you guessing until the end - Candis Magazine

Shaw has made the bleak and inhospitable Kent coastline one of the principal characters in his mysteries … Opens spectacularly - Daily Mail

Delivering a great sense of place, well-drawn characters and a feisty heroine, this is highly recommended - Myles McWeeney

Sinister and divisive themes … Shaw is a master of characterisation … Totally believable - Sunday Sport

William Shaw is an expert manipulator of his readers’ emotions … each new torment provokes readers’ sympathies more and more … The many stranded drama works, but it is the boys’ story that is the most engaging - Literary Review

William Shaw has been shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger, longlisted for the Theakstons Crime Novel of the Year and nominated for a Barry Award. A regular at festivals, he organises panel talks and CWA events across the south east.

Shaw is the author of the acclaimed Breen & Tozer crime series: A Song from Dead Lips, A House of Knives, A Book of Scars and Sympathy for the Devil; and the standalone bestseller The Birdwatcher. He is writing a new crime series starring the character DS Alexandra Cupidi from The Birdwatcher, the first of which is Salt Lane. He worked as a journalist for over twenty years and lives in Brighton.