The Birdwatcher
a dark, intelligent thriller from a modern crime master
$35.44
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
28 February 2017
Summary
WHAT DRIVES GOOD MEN TO MURDER?
Sergeant William South has always avoided investigating murder. A passionate birdwatcher and quiet man, he has few relationships and prefers it that way.
But when his only friend is found brutally beaten, South’s detachment is tested. Not only is he bereft - it seems that there’s a connection between the suspect and himself.
For South has a secret. He knows the kind of rage that killed his friend. He knows the kind of ma…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784297244 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784297240 |
| Author: | William Shaw |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2017 |
| Weight: | 277g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Superb description of a haunting, blighted landscape. His best book so far.
Superb description of a haunting, blighted landscape. His best book so far. - C. J. Sansom
Unfolds a fascinatingly dark tale . . . This is a proper conspiracy thriller, with shameful secrets hidden behind government regulation. It involves real history, real people, real crimes with real consequences - Spectator, on A Book of ScarsBoth a first-rate mystery and a compelling and accurate portrait of a changing society that is confused about the present and ill-at-ease with the past - Guardian, on A Book of ScarsExcellent … Combines nostalgic period detail with an emotional intensity found only in the very best crime fiction - Sunday Times, Sixty Best Crime Novels, on A Book of ScarsInsightful … a novel about the estrangement of fathers and sons, but Shaw has gone beyond that, creating an elegy for an entire alienated generation - New York Times, on A House of KnivesA first-rate police thriller - C. J. Sansom, on A Song from Dead LipsAbout The Author
William Shaw
William Shaw was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, grew up in Nigeria and lived for sixteen years in Hackney. He is the author of the acclaimed Breen & Tozer crime series set in sixties London: A Song from Dead Lips, A House of Knives and A Book of Scars. For over twenty years he has written on popular culture and sub-culture for various publications. He lives in Brighton.
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