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William Shaw

    Este autor es célebre por su apasionante ficción criminal, situando a menudo sus narrativas en paisajes urbanos históricos meticulosamente recreados. Su obra se adentra en los aspectos más oscuros de la sociedad, tejiendo tramas intrincadas con una representación atmosférica de la vida urbana. Más allá de sus series de ficción, el autor también ha explorado temas de no ficción cautivadores, investigando subculturas y desafíos sociales con una aguda capacidad de observación. Esta diversa producción pone de manifiesto un compromiso por examinar la condición humana tanto a través de la narración imaginativa como del perspicaz reportaje.

    Deadland
    The Trawlerman
    The Birdwatcher
    A Book of Scars
    Grave's End
    Spying in Guru Land
    • The Wild Swimmers

      • 384 páginas
      • 14 horas de lectura

      The newest instalment in the D S Cupidi Series, featuring a mysterious body washed up on the Folkstone shoreline and a suspect whose identity is hidden behind a string of intriguing first dates . . .

      The Wild Swimmers2024
      3,9
    • The Trawlerman

      • 320 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      THE STUNNING FOURTH BOOK IN THE DS ALEXANDRA CUPIDI INVESTIGATIONS FROM ONE OF CRIME FICTION'S FINEST WRITERS

      The Trawlerman2021
      4,1
    • Moore's Ethics

      • 75 páginas
      • 3 horas de lectura

      A critical survey of the full range of G. E. Moore's ethical thought, including his rejection of naturalism in favor of the view that 'good' designates a simple indefinable property, his understanding of intrinsic value, his doctrine of organic wholes, and his critique of egoism and subjectivism.

      Moore's Ethics2020
    • Grave's End

      • 465 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      The gripping new novel in the DS Alexandra Cupidi series set in Kent

      Grave's End2020
      4,2
    • Deadland

      • 480 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      The new DS Cupidi thriller set in contemporary Kent from the bestselling author of The Birdwatcher and Salt Lane

      Deadland2019
      4,1
    • A murdered migrant is the first big case for the embattled DS Alexandra Cupidi in a new series by the acclaimed author of The Birdwatcher

      Salt Lane2018
      3,9
    • In the fourth Breen & Tozer, William Shaw marries a gripping police procedural with an espionage plot to bring the series to a stunning and moving climax

      Sympathy for the Devil2017
      3,8
    • The Birdwatcher

      • 336 páginas
      • 12 horas de lectura

      Dark, intelligent crime novel about a policeman with a secret past, and an emotive exploration of violence within the family

      The Birdwatcher2016
      4,1
    • A Book of Scars

      • 432 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      CWA Historical Dagger shortlisted third novel in the Breen and Tozer series reveals the crimes of Britain's colonial past.

      A Book of Scars2015
      4,1