William Shaw

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  • Bibliography:
    17 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2010
  • Latest Book:
    July 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Breen and Tozer

1 - She's Leaving Home (Feb-2014)
2 - The Kings of London (Feb-2015)
3 - A Song for the Brokenhearted (Jan-2016)
4 - Play with Fire (Aug-2019)

DS Alexandra Cupidi

1 - Salt Lane (Jul-2018)

Book List in Order: 17 titles

  • Prelude to Extinction

    This is a story about the people who attempted to forewarn the government that it was possible to destroy the entire American oil refinery industry and the people who actually destroyed it. It is about three couples and a woman of mystery . Their ver...

  • She's Leaving Home

    Breen and Tozer - 1

    London, 1968: The body of a teenage girl is found just steps away from the Beatles' Abbey Road recording studio. The police are called to a residential street in St John's Wood where an unidentified young woman has been strangled. Detective Sergea...

  • The Kings of London

    Breen and Tozer - 2

    In Breen and Tozer's London, a battle for the soul of the city is being fought between cops and criminals, the corrupt and the corruptible. London, November 1968. Detective Sergeant Breen has a death threat in his inbox and a mutilated body on his...

  • A Song for the Brokenhearted

    Breen and Tozer - 3

  • A Book of Scars

  • The Dungeness Trilogy

  • The Birdwatcher

    Police Sergeant William South has a good reason to shy away from murder investigations: he is a murderer himself. A methodical, diligent, and exceptionally bright detective, South is an avid birdwatcher and trusted figure in his small town on the ...

  • Sympathy for the Devil

    SUMMER OF LOVE She made a profit from her youth. She's not beautiful anymore - but she will be young forever. Called away from his pregnant girlfriend, Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen knows the sight of the murdered prostitute will be with him all ...

  • Salt Lane

    DS Alexandra Cupidi - 1

    A darkly told crime novel in the tradition of Tana French and Ian Rankin, featuring the return of THE BIRDWATCHER's Alexandra Cupidi. Sergeant Alexandra Cupidi is a recent transfer from the London metro police to the rugged Kentish countryside. Sh...



  • Play with Fire

    Breen and Tozer - 4

    In hedonistic 1960s London, a police detective investigates the unexpected connections between two suspicious deaths: a call girl and a rock star. In the summer of '69, the hard-living rockers of the British Invasion still rule London when for...

  • Deadland

    ***The bestselling William Shaw returns with a thrilling investigation in the unmissable new series***'One of the great rising talents of UK crime fiction' PETER JAMES'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID'A superb storyteller' PETER MAYYOU...

  • Grave's End

    'If you're not a fan yet, why not?' VAL MCDERMID'A superb storyteller' PETER MAYA BIZARRE DISCOVERYAn unidentified cadaver is found in a freezer in an unoccupied luxury house. No-one seems to know or care who it is or who placed it there. When DS Ale...

  • The Trawlerman

  • A House of Knives

  • A Song from Dead Lips

  • The Wild Swimmers

  • The Red Shore

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

William Shaw has published 17 books.

The next book by William Shaw, The Red Shore, will be published in July 2025.

The first book by William Shaw, Prelude to Extinction, was published in April 2010.

Yes. William Shaw has 2 series.
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