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A Song from Dead Lips: the first book in the gritty Breen & Tozer series (Breen and Tozer)

A Song from Dead Lips: the first book in the gritty Breen & Tozer series (Breen and Tozer)

by WilliamShaw (Author)

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    Hardcover 2013

    $4.90
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'A first-rate police thriller set amidst the seamy underside of the swinging sixties' C. J. Sansom
'A gripping story, impeccably researched' Guardian

The Runaway

A nameless young woman is found naked and strangled in an alley on Abbey Road.

The Reject

DS Cathal Breen, an outcast in the Marylebone CID, struggles to make sense of the case.

The Rookie

Until new recruit WPC Helen Tozer - the first woman to join the team - makes a breakthrough.

And as hippies slam doors in their face, and locals suspect the new African neighbours, Breen and Tozer tread down a perilous path, closing in on a cruel conspiracy that goes far beyond class, colour and creed.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 400
 Edition: First Edition First Printing
 Publisher: riverrun
Published: 01 Aug 2013
ISBN 10: 1782064168
ISBN 13: 9781782064169

Media Reviews
'A first-rate police thriller set amidst the seamy underside of the swinging sixties ... The totemic year of '68 will never seem the same again' * C. J. Samson *
'Convincing atmosphere, lively dialogue and a fun cop duo unite Beatlemania, English racism and the Biafran war' * The Times *
Excellent ... authentic, often humorous ... The Sixties have been examined and presented every which way, but A Song From Dead Lips manages to be something fresh, both in this regard and as a detective novel * Killing Time Crime *
'Excellent procedural ... A gripping story, with two appealing protagonists and impeccably researched period details deployed throughout' * Guardian *
'London in 1968 is an evocative setting and Shaw skilfully re-creates an era of social turmoil and class conflict' * Sunday Times *
'Superb characterisation, a vivid recreation of the era, its sights, sounds and prejudices make this a highly enjoyable and readable debut for the pairing, although with Tozer threatening to return to the West Country, a series seems a shade ambitious. I trust that Shaw, who is certainly a name to note for the future, has a plan to subvert this and we shall see this original and likeable couple again soon' * Crime Review *
Author Bio
William Shaw was born in Newton Abbot, Devon, grew up in Nigeria and lived for sixteen years in Hackney. He is the author of the acclaimed Breen & Tozer crime series set in sixties London: A Song from Dead Lips, A House of Knives and A Book of Scars. For over twenty years he has written on popular culture and sub-culture for various publications including the Observer and the New York Times. He lives in Brighton.