William Shaw

A House of Knives

the second Breen & Tozer mystery set in the corrupt underground of 60's London

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Produktbeschreibung

An honest detective comprehends the corrupting influence of power in a crime thriller that portrays the dark side of the sixties.

Produktdetails

• Breen and Tozer
• Verlag: Quercus / Riverrun
• Neuaufl.
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 128mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 324g
• ISBN-13: 9781848667426
• ISBN-10: 1848667426
• Artikelnr.: 41430893

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

Insightful . . . 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