A House of Knives: the second Breen & Tozer mystery set in the corrupt underground of 60's London - Breen and Tozer (Paperback)

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. Sansom, on A Song from Dead Lips *
Insightful . . . a novel about the estrangement of fathers and sons, but Shaw has gone beyond that, creating an elegy for an entire alienated generation * New York Times *
Excellent period yarn that tackles bent police, the dark side of hippiedom and utterly nails the myth of the Swinging Sixties * Sun *
A distinctive British crime drama, which benefits from a clear moral sense * Daily Mail *
It's a far out read, man. You'll dig it * Weekend Sport *
Convincing atmosphere, lively dialogue and a fun cop duo unite Beatlemania, English racism and the Biafran war * The Times, on A Song from Dead Lips *
London in 1968 is an evocative setting and Shaw skilfully re-creates an era of social turmoil and class conflict . . . against a vivid background of pop culture, casual racism and Britain's involvement in the bitter civil war in Nigeria * Sunday Times, on A Song from Dead Lips *
Excellent . . . A gripping story, with two appealing protagonists and impeccably researched period detail well deployed throughout. * Guardian, on A Song from Dead Lips *
A seismic mix of corruption and bigotry, couched in a prose of real distinction * Good Book Guide, on A Song from Dead Lips *
Missed the sixties? Then grab a copy of William Shaws superb A Song From Dead Lips. This is a terrific mystery novel that moves at the speed of a sixties' three minute single and has the best female character this side of Salander in many a year. You can literally hear the Beatles as this andrenalined narrative jets along. The most startling original crime of the year * Ken Bruen, on A Song from Dead Lips *