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William Shaw


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aka G W Shaw

William Shaw is the author of several non-fiction books including Westsiders: Stories of the Boys in the Hood, about a year spent with the young men of South Central Los Angeles, and A Superhero For Hire, a compilation of columns in the Observer Magazine. A Song from Dead Lips is the first in a trilogy of crime fiction books set in London in 1968 1969. 

Starting out as assistant editor of the post-punk magazine ZigZag, he has been a journalist for The Observer, The New York Times, Wired, Arena and The Face and was Amazon UK Music Journalist of the Year in 2003.
 

Genres: Mystery
 
New and upcoming books
Series
DS Breen and WPC Tozer
   1. A Song from Dead Lips (2013)

     aka She's Leaving Home

   2. A House of Knives (2014)

     aka The Kings of London

   3. A Book of Scars (2015)

     aka A Song for the Brokenhearted

   4. Sympathy for the Devil (2017)

     aka Play With Fire

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DS Alexandra Cupidi
   The Birdwatcher (2016)
   1. Salt Lane (2018)
   2. Deadland (2019)
   3. Grave's End (2020)
   4. The Trawlerman (2021)
   5. The Wild Swimmers (2024)
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Non fiction
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William Shaw recommends
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The Square of Sevens (2023)
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
"This is such a glorious adventure, full of scheming and betrayal, with a delicious whiff of magic at its heart. Our hero holds only a few cards, and she must play them exactly right if she wants to survive."
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You Can Run (2023)
Trevor Wood
"A tour de force. From behind the twitching curtains of a small divided village a force of unlikely ne'er do wells come together in this edgy, electrifying modern thriller. Once again Wood proves himself a brilliant champion of the underdog."
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No Place to Run (2022)
Mark Edwards
"This is a belter of a story. A big screen high tension adventure."

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Awards
Barry Awards Best First Novel nominee (2015) : A Song from Dead Lips


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