This book contains the kind of writing - silky, seductive, unobtrusive - that carries one along. I picked the book up to get a taste of it and an hour later was still reading this clever, absorbing police procedural

What a pleasure it is when one discovers a writer who combines ironclad storytelling techniques with the linguistic finesse of more literary novelists. William Shaw is surely such a writer, a man whose command of narrative grips the reader by the throat from page one, and never lets go - Independent, on The BirdwatcherA gripping plot, atmospheric setting, highly believable characters and dialogue you can imagine real people saying, make this a contender for thriller of the year - Sun, on The BirdwatcherA first-rate police thriller set amidst the seamy underside of the swinging sixties - C. J. Sansom, on A Song from Dead LipsA gripping story, impeccably researched - Guardian, on A Song from Dead LipsOver the course of a thrilling plot, William Shaw succeeds in recreating all the political tension and cultural upheaval of an explosive time - Figaro, on A Song from Dead LipsAn elegy for an entire alienated generation - New York Times, on A House of KnivesSuperb crime novels . . . an emotional intensity found only in the very best crime fiction' Crime Book of the Month - Sunday Times on A Book of Scars