Deadland
Deadland
Summary
The new DS Cupidi thriller set in contemporary Kent from the bestselling author of The Birdwatcher and Salt Lane
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Deadland by William Shaw
The new DS Cupidi thriller set in contemporary Kent from the bestselling author of The Birdwatcher and Salt Lane*PICK OF THE WEEK* Another clever, thoughtful mystery from one of the best authors of Brit crime fiction's new wave. * Sun *
Shaw has made the bleak and inhospitable Kent coastline one of the principal characters in his mysteries . . . Opens spectacularly -- Geoffrey Wansell * Daily Mail *
Delivering a great sense of place, well-drawn characters and a feisty heroine, this is highly recommended -- Myles McWeeney * Irish Independent *
A thrilling climax that will keep you guessing until the end * Candis Magazine *
Sinister and divisive themes . . . Shaw is a master of characterisation . . . Totally believable -- Jon Wise * 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 -- Natasha Cooper * Literary Review *
*Audiobook of the Week* In the inventive and arresting Deadland, the outrageously rich haves of the art world and a pair of hopeless have-nots collide with murderous results . . .Tautly constructed thriller . . . Jasmine Blackborow is exactly the right reader, good at both posh and demotic accents, she does full justice to Shaw's skilfully rounded characterisation. -- Christina Hardyment * The Times *
*BEST BOOKS OF THE SUMMER* 'When teenagers use a borrowed scooter to steal an iPhone X off a passer-by, the owner will stop at nothing, including murder, to get it back. The result is a superb, haunting, intelligent novel.' * Sunday Times *
*BEST THRILLERS OF 2019* 'It's up to DI Alexandra Cupidi to pull together disparate threads when a drug dealer is shot dead in a scrapyard and a severed arm shows up in an exhibit at Margate's Turner Gallery.' * Daily Mail *
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.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781786486639 |
| ISBN 10 | 1786486636 |
| Title | Deadland |
| Author | William Shaw |
| Series | Ds Alexandra Cupidi |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2020-02-06 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |