The Red Shore

William Shaw author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers

Publishing:3rd Jul '25

£18.99

This title is due to be published on 3rd July, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

The Red Shore cover

The gripping new Devon-set crime thriller mystery featuring detective Eden Driscoll

The first in a brand new series of Devon-set crime thrillers featuring DS Eden DriscollThe first in a brand new series of Devon-set crime thrillers featuring DS Eden Driscoll

Met detective Eden Driscoll never wanted a child, but when his estranged sister vanishes from her sailboat, he is asked to look after her son Finn – the nephew he hadn’t even known existed.

Resettled in the seaside town of Teignmouth, Eden adjusts to his newfound parenthood. Then Finn disappears from school, and Eden knows something is dreadfully wrong.

When Eden's sister's body is finally found, floating in the sea, local police rule her death an accident, but Eden isn’t convinced. She was an experienced sailor and would never sail without a life jacket. Eden starts searching his sister’s life for answers, and what he discovers changes everything.

Praise for The Red Shore

‘I’ve always loved Shaw’s writing – The Red Shore is perhaps his best yet’ – Ann Cleeves

‘A gripping and wonderful thriller’ – Nicci French

‘Expertly paced with beautifully drawn characters … Highly recommended’ – M. W. Craven

‘I loved it. A sucking rip-tide of a plot’ – Simon Mason

‘Funny, sad, shocking – and always riveting’ – Jo Furniss

‘The Red Shore opens with a heart in the mouth moment and the pace never lets up … Loved it’ – Rachel Blok

I’ve always loved Shaw’s writing – the clarity of the prose and the terrific characterisation – but I think The Red Shore is perhaps his best yet

-- Ann Cleeves

A gripping and wonderful thriller – and what a treat to know it is the first in a series

-- Nicci French

William Shaw is yet to write a bad sentence, and The Red Shore continues that remarkable trend. Expertly paced with beautifully drawn characters, William weaves a plot that’s twistier than a cramping snake into the stunning setting of a small Devon fishing town. Highly recommended

-- M. W. Craven

I loved it. A sucking rip-tide of a plot, a working-boat Devon setting so fresh you can taste the salt tang of the sea, a cast of spikily individual characters and, at the book's emotional heart, the original and captivating story of a bachelor uncle policeman and his vulnerable nine-year-old nephew thrown together by adversity.

-- Simon Mason

A deeply accomplished and satisfying thriller. The plot is pacy, the cast is compelling, the setting is sharp. By turns funny, sad, shocking – and always riveting

-- Jo Furniss

The Red Shore opens with a heart in the mouth moment and the pace never lets up. I fell in love with Eden and Finn – I hope there's more to come from them! Beautifully written against a background of the ocean, the characters are deftly drawn. It's a crime novel which tugs at the heart strings. Loved it

-- Rachel

ISBN: 9780008720407

Dimensions: 240mm x 159mm x 28mm

Weight: 270g

400 pages