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The Red Shore

Author William Shaw, William Shaw, Reader to be announced
Narrator Christopher Bonwell, to be announced
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Publish Date 3 July 2025
Run Time 10 hours and 40 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, Crime and mystery: police procedural, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Psychological thriller, Thriller: organised crime / gangland crime.

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What to expect

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

'Crime fiction at its very best, a knotty mystery' Elly Griffiths

'Terrific … Perhaps his best yet' Ann Cleeves

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

Critics Review

Iu2019ve always loved Shawu2019s writing u2013 the clarity of the prose and the terrific characterisation u2013 but I think The Red Shore is perhaps his best yet

Ann Cleeves

The Red Shore is crime fiction at its very best, a knotty mystery combined with a compelling personal story, set in a beautifully evoked landscape. I canu2019t wait to read more about Eden Driscoll

Elly Griffiths

William Shawu2019s The Red Shore takes fish-out-of-water Met Detective DS Eden Driscoll to the windy shores of Devon and a case involving his vanished sister, a dark mystery powered by a wonderfully constructed relationship between Driscoll and the young nephew he never knew he had. Shaw proves, once again, that he is the undisputed king of seaside noir

Vaseem Khan

A gripping and wonderful thriller u2013 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 thatu2019s 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 u2013 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 u2013 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 Blok

A welcome introduction to our newest crime hero: Eden Driscoll. Haunted with childhood trauma of his own, Eden is summoned to Devon where he discovers his estranged sister missing, and a nephew he never knew he had. Wonderfully evocative of the West Country, The Red Shore is full of suspense and mystery. A triumph!

Sam Holland

The Red Shore is an eerie, pacy thriller set in Devon. Plays like a movie in your mind as you read. ALL the emotions, characters to root for & truly, such great writing. Loved it!u2066

Helen Fields

Tightly plotted with a rich setting and an eclectic cast, The Red Shore grabbed my attention from the beginning and didnu2019t let go. Eden Driscoll is the type of quietly steadfast detective that Iu2019ll happily follow into more mysteries, and this book has the perfect balance of unsettling questions and rising action, with just the right dash of found family to round it out

Kristen Perrin

Immersive, atmospheric suspenseful and so heartwarming. In tune with the zeitgeist, William Shaw is at the height of his powers

Lesley Thompson

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