Grave’s End

A BIZARRE DISCOVERY

An unidentified corpse is found in a freezer in the garage of an unoccupied house. DS Alexandra Cupidi is handed a case that is made even colder by no-one seeming to know or care whose body it is.

A HISTORIC CRIME

It becomes clear there is a connection between the crime and a skeleton uncovered underneath a housing development of Trevor Grey, a boy who went missing twenty five years earlier.

A BURIED LIFE

Digging deep into secrets that have long been concealed brings Cupidi to face a deadly conspiracy to hide these crimes. Her investigation is complicated by a secret liaison, a political cover-up and the underground life of Trevor Grey’s only friend.

With meticulously realised characters and a brooding setting, Grave’s End confronts the crisis in housing, environmentalism, historic cases of abuse and the protection given to badgers by the law. The third book in the DS Alexandra Cupidi series confirms William Shaw as one of our finest writers of crime fiction.

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What people say about Grave’s End

“Who would have thought that badger culls might figure in the plot of a crime novel? But then William Shaw has never been content to simply reheat familiar elements… Shaw never lectures; his major imperative remains ironclad storytelling and razor-sharp characterisation, both in evidence here.” Barry Forshaw, Financial Times.

“As if Ian Rankin and Richard Adams teamed up to write a hugely entertaining crime thriller with a hard-hitting environmental message.” Mark Edwards

“A powerful, scary suspense mystery which had me swiping over pages at speed while savouring every word. This is a brilliant novel.” Lesley Thomson

“This is an ingenious, often moving and always powerful story, which brilliantly captures Kent and its social divisions and offers a realistic, if harsh, look at the inequalities of life in modern Britain.” John Cleal, crimereview.co.uk

“Shaw weaves a tidy yarn…” Jon Wise, Weekend Sport.