GET HIGH. FALL FAR.
‘Big treat in store for fans. And if you’re not a fan yet, why not?’ Val McDermid
‘Utterly nails the myth of the Swinging Sixties’ Sun
The Black Sheep
The wayward son of a rising MP is mutilated and burnt in suspicious circumstances.
The Honest Detective
DS Cathal Breen dodges political embargo and death threats to pursue the case.
The Rolling Stone
Notorious art dealer Robert Fraser may provide the only clue – if only he will talk.
And as Breen slips deeper into London’s underground of hippies and heroin, he edges nearer to the secrets of those at the very top. Banished from a corrupt and fracturing system, he will finally be forced to fight fire with fire.
“Excellent period yarn that tackles bent police, the dark side of hippiedom and utterly nails the myth of the Swinging Sixties” The Sun
“Insightful… an elegy for an entire alienated generation” The New York Times
“A distinctive British crime drama, which benefits from a clear moral sense – not altogether common in an era more used to Fifty Shades of Grey” The Daily Mail
“Well-drawn characters and a well-told plot keep the action taut and the pages turning” Choice magazine
“It’s a far out read, man. You’ll dig it” Weekend Sport.
“William Shaw makes his sentences sing” New York Daily News
“Cathal Breen is altogether the most welcome crime solver in British fiction” Toronto Star
“Breen and Tozer come across as fallible human beings, not razor-sharp law enforcers, and it’s their relationship—both professional and personal—that makes this a winner” Publisher’s Weekly
“Shaw makes the gritty English capital come alive” Kirkus
“Shaw improves on this series’ strong debut” Booklist