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Salt Lane: the superb first book in the DS Alexandra Cupidi Investigations

Salt Lane: the superb first book in the DS Alexandra Cupidi Investigations

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William Shaw is a rising talent in UK crime fiction, and "Salt Lane" is his best book to date. The novel is set in the Kent coastline and follows DS Alexandra Cupidi, who was sent packing from the London Met after a scandal. When she discovers a murder, she must understand the strange place and uncover a dark conspiracy to solve the case.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 480 pages
Publication date: 07 February 2019
Publisher: Quercus Publishing


William Shaw is one of the most exciting emerging talents in UK crime fiction. This is his best work to date.

Peter James describes it as "taut, terrifying, and timely." Val McDermid praises William Shaw as a superb storyteller.

Peter May says, "She always went too far." DS Alexandra Cupidi has made a mistake again. She should have learned to keep her mouth shut after the scandal that sent her packing from the London Met to the lonely Kent coastline, with a resentful teenager in tow. Murder is different here, among the fens and stark beaches.

She was the one who found the killers. The man drowned in the slurry pit had been herded there like an animal. He was North African, like many of the fruit pickers who work the fields. The more Cupidi discovers, the more she wants to ask, but these people are suspicious of questions.

And now it was killing her. It will take an understanding of this strange place—its old ways and new crimes—to uncover the dark conspiracy behind the murder. Cupidi is not afraid to travel that road. But she should be. She should have learned by now.

Salt Lane is the first in the new DS Alexandra Cupidi series. With his trademark characterization and flair for social commentary, William Shaw has crafted a crime novel for our time that grips you, mind, and heart.

Weight: 320g
Dimension: 191 x 122 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781786486585

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